Automatic generation of gouge-free and angular-velocity-compliant five-axis toolpath

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 841-852

  Wang, Nan ^a   Tang, Kai ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

5 axis NC machining; Angular velocity; Collision detection; Visibility map

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANGULAR VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

5-AXIS NC MACHINING; VISIBILITY MAPS;

MACHINE TOOLS;

EID: 34548264250     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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