Unified approach to verification in 5-axis freeform milling environments

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 795-804

  Elber, G ^a   Cohen, E ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MACHINE TOOLS;

MULTI-AXIS MACHINING;

MACHINING;

EID: 0033355942     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(99)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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