An integrated setup planning and fixture design system for prismatic parts

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 198-212

  Lin, L ^a   Zhang, Y F ^a   Nee, A Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CAPP; Conceptual fixture design; Layout fixture design; Modular fixture system; Rule based system; Setup planning

Indexed keywords

CLAMPING DEVICES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FIXTURES (TOOLING); KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANNING (CAPP); CONCEPTUAL FIXTURE DESIGN; LAYOUT FIXTURE DESIGN; MODULAR FIXTURE SYSTEM; SETUP PLANNING;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0030708465     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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