An advanced cutting trajectory algorithm for laminated tooling

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 199-213

  Yoo, Seungryeol ^a   Walczyk, Daniel ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Laminates; Rapid prototypes; Surface fitting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CUTTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLDS; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

ABRASIVE WATERJET (AWJ); ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; PROFILED EDGE LAMINATE (PEL); SURFACE FITTING;

LAMINATES;

EID: 23744437251     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540510612893     Document Type: Article

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