Setup and fixture planning in automated process planning systems

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 653-665

  Joneja, Ajay ^a   Chang, Tien Chien ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; FACTORY AUTOMATION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATED PROCESS PLANNING SYSTEMS; QUICK TURNAROUND CELL;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032624321     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007643101530     Document Type: Article

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