A smooth spiral tool path for high speed machining of 2D pockets

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 539-550

  Held, Martin ^a   Spielberger, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

HSM; Medial axis; Milling; Pocket machining; Smooth tool path; Spiral path; Voronoi diagram

Indexed keywords

HSM; MEDIAL AXIS; MILLING; POCKET MACHINING; SMOOTH TOOL PATH; SPIRAL PATH; VORONOI DIAGRAM;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CURVE FITTING; IMAGE MATCHING; MILLING (MACHINING);

SCANNING;

EID: 67349173180     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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