Computer aided process planning for sheet metal bending: A state of the art

Computers in Industry

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 747-771

  Duflou, Joost R ^a   Váncza, József ^b   Aerens, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Research Centre of the Belgian Metalworking Industry   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bending; CAPP; Press brake; Process planning; Sheet metal

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERGONOMICS; PLANNING; PROCESS CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHODS; COLLISION DETECTION; PROCESS CONDITIONS; SHEET METAL BENDING;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

EID: 24144439287     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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