Rapid prototyping driven design and realisation of large components

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-91

  Dimitrov, D ^a   Schreve, K ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Vincent, B ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CAE Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Design; Manufacturing systems; Printers; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRINTERS (COMPUTER); RAPID PROTOTYPING;

DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING; GEOMETRIC FREEDOM; PROCESS CHAINS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 34047152423     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540710736768     Document Type: Article

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