Geometrical modelling of a ball-end finish milling process for a surface finish

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-477

  Sriyotha, P ^a   Sahasrabudhe, A ^b   Yamazaki, K ^b,d   Mori, M ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DMG Mori Seiki Co   (Japan)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Ball end finish milling; Surface microfeatures; Z map

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIES; FINISHING; MOLDS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BALL-END FINISH MILLING; SURFACE MICROFEATURES; Z-MAP;

BALL MILLING;

EID: 34247101166     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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