Implementation of the principal-axis method for machining of complex surfaces

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 249-257

  Rao, N ^a   Bedi, S ^a   Buchal, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 axis; CNC machining; Complex surfaces; Curvature

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CUTTING TOOLS; DIES; EXPERIMENTS; MOLDS; THEORY; TRAJECTORIES; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; FINISHING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SURFACES;

5 AXIS; COMPUTER DIGITAL CONTROL; FREE FORM; COMPLEX SURFACES; COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINING; CURVATURE ALIGNMENT; CURVATURE MATCHING; FIVE AXIS MACHINING;

MACHINING;

EID: 0029659063     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01351282     Document Type: Article

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