NC machining of freeform pockets with arbitrary wall geometry using a grid-based navigation approach

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 708-716

  Narayanaswami, R ^a   Choi, Y ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

B splines; End milling; Interpolation; NC machining; Pocketing; Tool path

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTERPOLATION; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARBITRARY WALL GEOMETRY; FREEFORM POCKETS; GRID-BASED NAVIGATION; TOOL PATH;

MACHINING;

EID: 0035203721     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001700170013     Document Type: Article

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