Tool path programming optimization for incremental sheet forming applications

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 877-885

  Rauch, Matthieu ^a   Hascoet, Jean Yves ^a   Hamann, Jean Christophe ^b   Plenel, Yannick ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

^b AIRBUS   (France)

Author keywords

CNC data; Forming force control; Incremental sheet forming; Intelligent CAM programming; Tool path optimization

Indexed keywords

CNC PROGRAMS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FORMING FORCE CONTROL; FORMING FORCES; INCREMENTAL SHEET FORMING; INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTATION; KEY TOPICS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; NEW APPROACHES; PARALLEL KINEMATICS MACHINE TOOL; PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS; PROCESS CONSTRAINTS; PROCESS IMPLEMENTATION; PROGRAMMING TOOLS; REAL-TIME PROCESS; SHEET METAL PARTS; SMALL BATCH PRODUCTION; TOOL PATH GENERATION; TOOL-PATH PROGRAMMING; TOOLPATHS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; CAMS; FORCE CONTROL; FORMING; MACHINE TOOLS; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING;

SHEET METAL;

EID: 71649087762     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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