A surface based approach for constant scallop height tool-path generation

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 318-324

  Tournier, C ^a   Duc, E ^a  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

Author keywords

3 axis milling; Ball endmill; Freeform surfaces; Machining surface; Scallop height; Tool path

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BALL MILLING; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CURVE FITTING; FINISHING; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

HIGH-SPEED MACHINING (HSM); TOOL-PATH GENERATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0036266658     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001700200019     Document Type: Article

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