Determining moldability and parting directions for polygons with curved edges

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, MED

Volumn 15, Issue , 2004, Pages 359-368

  McMains, Sara ^a   Chen, Xiaorui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC SURFACES; MOLDABILITY; POLYGONS; RADIAL SWEEP;

ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; CASTING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EXTRUSION; GEOMETRY; GRAPH THEORY; MOLDS; THEOREM PROVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MOLDING;

EID: 23244462344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2004-62227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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