Improved workpiece location accuracy through fixture layout optimization

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 871-883

  Li, Bo ^a   Melkote, Shreyes N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixture layout; Location accuracy; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FIXTURES (TOOLING); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT LAYOUT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FIXTURE LAYOUTS; LOCATION ACCURACY;

MACHINING;

EID: 0033148844     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(98)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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