A study of the effects of cutter path strategies and orientations in milling

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 346-356

  Toh, C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cutter path strategies; Evaluation; Milling; Orientation

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SURVEYS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

CUTTER PATH EFFECTS; CUTTER PATH STRATEGIES; OFFSET MILLING; VERTICAL DOWNWARD ORIENTATIONS;

CUTTING;

EID: 4944247348     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2004.04.382     Document Type: Article

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