An efficient, accurate approach to representing cutter-swept envelopes and its applications to three-axis virtual milling of sculptured surfaces

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 0310041-03100412

  Chen, Zezhong C ^a   Cai, Wei ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 axis CNC milling; Cutter swept envelope; Machining error prediction; Sculptured surface machining; Virtual machining

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FORECASTING; GEOMETRY; MILLING (MACHINING);

3-AXIS CNC MILLING; CUTTER-SWEPT ENVELOPE; MACHINING-ERROR PREDICTION; SCULPTURED SURFACE MACHINING; VIRTUAL MACHINING;

VIRTUAL ADDRESSES;

EID: 49749151332     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2823218     Document Type: Article

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