Alternative design specifications of prismatic parts for manufacturability

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 569-572

  Lin, J ^a   Thimm, G ^a   Britton, G A ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Design; Manufacturability; Prismatic parts; Redesign; Specifications; Tolerancing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FITS AND TOLERANCES; OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

MANUFACTURABILITY; PRISMATIC PARTS; REDESIGN; TOLERANCING;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0038398796     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440503321628242     Document Type: Article

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