Selection of an optimal set of cutting-tool sizes for 2 1/2D pocket machining

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 869-877

  Veeramani, Dharmaraj ^a,b   Gau, Yuh Shying ^a,c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Optimal tool selection; Pocket machining

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER CONTROL; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MACHINING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

OPTIMAL TOOL SELECTION; POCKET MACHINING;

CUTTING TOOLS;

EID: 0031349409     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0010-4485(97)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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