Efficient cutter-path planning for five-axis surface machining with a flat-end cutter

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 557-566

  Lo, C C ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTION PLANNING;

CUTTER PATH PLANNING; FLAT-END CUTTER;

MACHINING;

EID: 0033321978     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(99)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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