Micromilling strategies for machining thin features

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 220, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1677-1684

  Popov, K ^a   Dimov, S ^a   Pham, D T ^a   Ivanov, A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Micromilling; Thin ribs and webs

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; MILLING (MACHINING);

MICROCOMPONENTS; MICROMILLING; THIN RIBS AND WEBS;

MICROMACHINING;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; MICROMACHINING; MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 33846319721     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES192     Document Type: Article

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