Optimal nesting of irregular convex blanks in strips via an exact algorithm

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 991-1002

  Nye, T J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design tools; Die design; Material utilization; Nesting; Optimization; Stamping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STRIP METAL;

IRREGULAR CONVEX BLANKS;

METAL STAMPING;

EID: 0035342055     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(00)00115-2     Document Type: Article

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