Multiple tool path planning for NC machining of convex pockets without islands

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 425-435

  Vosniakos, G ^a   Papapanagiotou, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MULTIPLE TOOL PATH PLANNING; POCKET ALGORITHMS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0034553023     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(00)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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