Developing a postprocessor for three types of five-axis machine tools

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 658-665

  Lee, R S ^a   She, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coordinate transformation matrix; Cutter location data; Five axis machines; NC programming; Postprocessor

Indexed keywords

CUTTING TOOLS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); INVERSE KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINE TOOLS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

FIVE AXIS MACHINE TOOLS; NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED (NC) MACHINES;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031337796     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01350824     Document Type: Article

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