Robotic polishing of free-form surfaces using scanning paths

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 191-200

  Tam, Hon Yuen ^a   Lui, Osmond Chi Hang ^a   Mok, Alberet C K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS; SCANNING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CONTINUOUS BIDIRECTIONAL SCANNING; FREE FORM SURFACES; LOOSE ABRASIVES; SCANNING PATHS; SURFACE PROFILE CONSIDERATION; SURFACE WAVINESS; TOOL PATH;

POLISHING;

EID: 0343517442     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(99)00338-6     Document Type: Article

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