5-axis freeform surface milling using piecewise ruled surface approximation

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 383-387

  Elber, G ^a   Fish, R ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FINISHING; MACHINE TOOLS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

LOCAL ACCESSIBILITY; RULED SURFACE APPROXIMATION;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 0031209504     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2831117     Document Type: Article

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