Strategies for planning and implementation of flexible fixturing systems in a computer integrated manufacturing environment

Computers in Industry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-183

  Shirinzadeh, Bijan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CIM; Flexible fixtures; Planning and implementation

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE FIXTURES; IMPLEMENTATION;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030259490     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-3615(96)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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