Side milling of ruled surfaces: Optimum positioning of the milling cutter and calculation of interference

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 459-465

  Redonnet, J M ^a   Rubio, W ^a   Dessein, G ^a  

^a University of Toulouse Clement Ader Institute   (France)

Author keywords

Five axis machines; Interferences; NURBS; Ruled surfaces; Side milling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MILLING CUTTERS;

SIDE MILLING;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 0031630343     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01351391     Document Type: Article

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