A global cutter positioning method for multi-axis machining of sculptured surfaces

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 46, Issue 12-13, 2006, Pages 1428-1434

  Li, Zhiqiang ^a   Chen, Wuyi ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Actual cutting edge; CAM; Effective bandwidth; Global error; Instantaneous cutting position error; Multi axis machining

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CUTTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MACHINING; POSITION CONTROL; SURFACES;

ACTUAL CUTTING EDGE; CAM; EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH; GLOBAL ERRORS; INSTANTANEOUS CUTTING POSITION ERROR; MULTI-AXIS MACHINING;

CUTTING TOOLS;

EID: 33746380272     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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