An integrated fixture planning system for minimum tolerances

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 501-513

  Bansal, S ^a   Nagarajan, S ^a   Reddy, N Venkata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Feature recognition; Fixture planning; Setup planning; STEP; Tolerance minimization

Indexed keywords

FITS AND TOLERANCES; FIXTURES (TOOLING); STABILITY CRITERIA;

AUTOMATIC FEATURE RECOGNITION; CASE STUDIES; CRITICAL REGIONS; FEATURE RECOGNITION; FIXTURE PLANNING; MANUFACTURING FEATURES; PROCESS PLANNING; SETUP PLANNING; STEP; TOLERANCE MINIMIZATION;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 49449088184     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-008-1416-6     Document Type: Article

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