Tool-path planning for rough machining of a cavity by layer-shape analysis

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 321-329

  Hu, Y N ^a   Tse, W C ^a   Chen, Y H ^a   Zhou, Z D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

NC toolpath optimisation; Reasoning system; Rough machining; Sculptured surface machining

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONTOUR FOLLOWERS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CUTTING LAYER SHAPE ANALYSIS; REASONING SYSTEMS; ROUGH MACHINING; SCULPTURED SURFACE MACHINING; TOOLPATH PLANNING;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 0031654385     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01178910     Document Type: Article

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