Machinability and set-up orientation for five-axis numerically controlled machining of free surfaces

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 311-325

  Kang, Jae Kwan ^a,c   Suh, Suk Hwan ^b  

^a Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Industrial Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automated process planning; CAD CAM; Computational geometry; Five axis machining; Machine configuration; Part set up

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACHINING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL;

BINARY SPHERICAL MAP (BSM); NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINING;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0030651189     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01178251     Document Type: Article

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