Multi-orientational deposition to minimize support in the layered manufacturing process

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-129

  Yang, Yong ^a   Fuh, Jerry Y H ^a   Loh, Han Tong ^a   Wong, Yoke San ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Layered Manufacturing; Minimal Support Layered Manufacturing; Multi Orientational Deposition; Process Planning; Rapid Prototyping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FEATURE EXTRACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

LAYERED MANUFACTURING (LM) PROCESS; MINIMAL SUPPORT LAYERED MANUFACTURING; MULTI-ORIENTATIONAL DEPOSITION (MOD); PROCESS PLANNING;

LAYERED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 3042552579     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(03)90009-4     Document Type: Article

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