NC machining of trimmed surfaces maintaining adjacent-surfaces integrity

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 196-204

  Hatna, A ^a   Grieve, R J ^a   Broomhead, P ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ADJACENT-SURFACES INTEGRITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL POCKET FILLING;

MACHINING;

EID: 0033907173     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001700050027     Document Type: Article

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