Development of a five-axis milling tool path generation algorithm based on faceted models

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-88

  Lauwers, B ^a   Kiswanto, G ^a   Kruth, J P ^a  

^a Division PMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer aided manufacturing (CAM); Faceted model; Milling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CUTTING TOOLS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOVAL; VECTORS;

FACETED MODELS; FIVE-AXIS MILLING; GOUGING; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; TOOL INCLINATION ANGLE;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 0041341924     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-8506(07)60537-X     Document Type: Article

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