Feature-based description of modular fixturing elements: The key to an expert system for the automatic design of the physical fixture

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-27

  Perremans, P ^a  

^a WTCM/CRIP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP); Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM); Fixture design; Modular fixtures

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FIXTURES (TOOLING); MACHINING; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

FEATURE BASED DESCRIPTION; MODULAR FIXTURING ELEMENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0029736133     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-9978(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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