A discussion on the concept of a flexible rapid prototyping cell

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 32-38

  Gibson, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MACHINE TOOLS; MARKETING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MACHINING; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESINS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

FLEXIBLE RAPID PROTOTYPING CELL; INTEGRATING INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; QUICKCAST STRUCTURES; ROBOT GRIPPERS; ROBOTIC HANDLING; SPRAY METAL TOOLS;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0030411982     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552549610128152     Document Type: Review

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