Towards an intelligent fixturing system with rapid reconfiguration and part positioning

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Ryll, Marco ^a   Papastathis, Thomas N ^a   Ratchev, Svetan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fixtures; Positioning; Reconfigurable

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FITS AND TOLERANCES; PLUMBING FIXTURES;

INTELLIGENT FIXTURING SYSTEMS; PART POSITIONING; RAPID RECONFIGURATION;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 41549151632     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.11.133     Document Type: Article

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