Automatic polishing process of plastic injection molds on a 5-axis milling center

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3665-3673

  Pessoles, Xavier ^a   Tournier, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

5 Axis milling center; Automatic polishing; Hilbert's curves; Mirror effect; Surface roughness; Trochoidal curves

Indexed keywords

METAL ANALYSIS; MILLING (MACHINING); MIRRORS; PLASTIC MOLDS; PLASTIC PARTS; SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

5-AXIS MACHINING; 5-AXIS MILLING CENTER; AUTOMATIC POLISHING; CUTTER LOCATIONS; ERROR EFFECTS; FORCE SENSORS; HILBERT'S CURVES; PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDS; POLISHING PROCESS; POLISHING TECHNIQUES; SKILLED WORKERS; SPECIAL ALGORITHMS; TROCHOIDAL CURVES;

POLISHING;

EID: 62949186403     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.08.034     Document Type: Article

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