Fixturing model and analysis

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-45

  Xiong, Cai Hua ^a   Rong, Yiming Kevin ^b   Tang, Yong ^c   Xiong, You Lun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Constrained cone; Detachability; Fixture design; Fixture planning; Fixturing tolerance; Form closure; Free motion cone; Locating errors

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONSTRAINED CONE; DUALITY THEORY; FIXTURE DESIGN; FIXTURE PLANNING; FIXTURING TOLERANCE; FREE MOTION CONE; LOCATING ERRORS;

FIXTURES (TOOLING);

EID: 33947397692     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2007.012329     Document Type: Article

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