Adaptive ruled layers approximation of STL models and multiaxis machining applications for rapid prototyping

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-166

  Koc, Bahattin ^a   Lee, Yuan Shin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Electrical and Computer Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Slicing; Five Axis Machining; Hybrid Processes; Rapid Prototyping; Ruled Layers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041869617     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(02)80159-5     Document Type: Article

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