A practical approach to generating accurate iso-cusped tool paths for three-axis CNC milling of sculptured surface parts

Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-38

  Chen, Zezhong C ^a   Song, Dejun ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer aided process planning; Iso cusped tool path; Sculptured surface machining; Three axis CNC milling; Tool path generation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; MILLING (MACHINING); NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; REDUNDANCY;

COMPUTER-AIDED PROCESS PLANNING; ISO-CUSPED TOOL PATH; SCULPTURED SURFACE MACHINING; THREE-AXIS CNC MILLING; TOOL PATH GENERATION;

CUTTING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34147219427     PISSN: 15266125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-6125(06)70099-8     Document Type: Article

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