Voronoi diagram-based tool path compensations for removing uncut material in 21/2D pocket machining

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-209

  Mansor, M Salman A ^a   Hinduja, S ^a,b   Owodunni, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b School of MACE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pocket machining; Tool path compensations; Uncut material

Indexed keywords

POCKET MACHINING; TOOL PATH COMPUTATIONS; UNCUT MATERIAL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MACHINING;

EID: 31344476154     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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