A step towards automated design of multi-piece sacrificial molds

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 337-347

  Dhailwal, Savinder ^a   Gupta, Satyandra K ^a   Huang, Jun ^a   Kumar, Malay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MANUFACTURE; MOLDS; ASSEMBLY; DESIGN; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

AUTOMATED DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN; MOLDS;

ASSEMBLY FEATURES; AUTOMATED DESIGN; CNC MACHINING; DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; END-MILLING; FEATURE-BASED; FEATURE-BASED DESCRIPTION; GEOMETRIC COMPONENT; MANUFACTURING LEAD-TIME; MOLD COMPONENTS; MOLD DESIGNS; PART GEOMETRY; SACRIFICIAL MOLD; FEATURE BASED APPROACHES;

EID: 0036967220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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