Bearing lengths for extrusion dies: Rationale, current practice and requirements for automation

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 162-176

  Miles, Nick ^a   Evans, Guy ^a   Middleditch, Alan ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automation; Designers; Extrusion

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FLOW CONTROL;

BEARING LENGTHS;

EXTRUSION DIES;

EID: 0031378343     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(97)00150-7     Document Type: Article

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