Tool path generation technique of NC lathe machines in FTL development by GA

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-500

  Ramli, Rizauddin ^a   Yamamoto, Hidehiko ^b  

^a Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Laboratory   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flexible transfer line; Genetic algorithm; Lathe machine; NC

Indexed keywords

EID: 63549097425     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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