Integration of reverse engineering and rapid tooling in foundry technology

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 374-382

  Ferreira, J C ^a   Alves, N F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3D scanning; Foundry technology; Rapid prototyping; Rapid tooling; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

RAPID TOOLING;

REVERSE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0141865587     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00601-0     Document Type: Article

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