Closed-loop shape control of the stretch forming process over a reconfigurable tool: Precision airframe skin fabrication

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, MED

Volumn 10, Issue , 1999, Pages 909-919

  Valjavec, Marko ^a,c   Hardt, David E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; METAL FORMING; PROCESS CONTROL; STRETCHING;

AIRFRAME SKIN FABRICATION; RECONFIGURABLE TOOLS; STRETCH FORMING;

SHEET METAL;

EID: 0033336795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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