Rapid tooling aided by reverse engineering to manufacture EDM electrodes

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1133-1143

  Ferreira, José Carvalho ^a   Mateus, Artur S ^b   Alves, Nuno F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3D scanning; EDM electrodes; Rapid prototyping; Rapid tooling; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVESTMENT CASTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

3D SCANNING; EDM ELECTRODES; POINT CLOUD DATA; RAPID TOOLING;

REVERSE ENGINEERING;

EID: 35248900371     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-006-0690-4     Document Type: Article

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