Generation of gouge-free cutter location paths on freeform surfaces for non-spherical cutters

Computers in Industry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-94

  Yu, Daoyuan ^a   Deng, Jianchun ^a   Duan, Zhengcheng ^a   Liu, Jinling ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Mgmt Inst Stt Sci/Technol Comm   (China)

Author keywords

CAM; Freeform surface; NC programming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CUTTING; MACHINING; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; SHIPBUILDING; SURFACES; TURBOMACHINERY;

FREEFORM SURFACES; GOUGE FREE CUTTER LOCATION PATHS; NC PROGRAMMING; NONSPHERICAL CUTTERS; PARAMETRIC REPRESENTATIONS; TANGENT PLANE;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0030134850     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-3615(95)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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