Tool path generation for NC grinding

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-195

  Sarma, R ^a   Dutta, D ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

TOOL PATH GENERATION;

GRINDING MACHINES;

EID: 0032020933     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(97)00040-0     Document Type: Article

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