Using virtual boundaries for the planning and machining of protrusion free-form features

Computers in Industry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 173-187

  Lee, Yuan Shin ^a   Chang, Tien Chien ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic cutter selection; CAD CAM; Cutter path generation; Feature based manufacturing; Numerical control; Process planning; Sculptured surface machining; Virtual boundary; Virtual pocket

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTORY AUTOMATION; MACHINING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLANNING; SURFACES;

AUTOMATIC CUTTER SELECTION; CUTTER PATH GENERATION; FEATURE BASED MANUFACTURING; PROCESS PLANNING; SCULPTURED SURFACE MACHINING; VIRTUAL BOUNDARY; VIRTUAL POCKET;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0028720745     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-3615(94)90047-7     Document Type: Article

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