Flank milling of ruled surfaces by the additional-axis machining method

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Suh, Suk Hwan ^a   Lee, Jung Jae ^a   Kirn, Sung Ku ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Additional axis machine; Five axis machining; Flank milling; Machine tool configuration; Nc calibration; Toolpath planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011103199     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(99)80008-9     Document Type: Article

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