Solid modeling of 4-axis wire EDM cut geometry

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 803-810

  Liu, Chonglin ^a   Esterling, Donald ^b  

^a Bridgeport Machines Inc   (United States)

^b Microcompatibles Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary representation; NC verification; Quadtrees; Solid modeling; Wire EDM

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINE (WIRE EDM);

MACHINING;

EID: 0042579545     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(97)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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