Tool feasibility analysis for fixture assembly planning

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 0410101-0410109

  Kang, Xiumei ^a   Peng, Qingjin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility analysis; Fixture assembly planning; Global accessibility cone with depth of a truncated half line; Tool feasibility analysis

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE;

ACCESSIBILITY ANALYSIS; FIXTURE ASSEMBLY; FIXTURE ASSEMBLY PLANNING; GEOMETRIC REASONING; HALF-LINE; INTERACTIVE APPROACH; TOOL APPLICATIONS; TOOL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS;

FIXTURES (TOOLING);

EID: 53549132251     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2952819     Document Type: Article

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