Workpiece and Tool Handling in Metal Cutting Machines

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 817-839

  Fleischer, J ^a   Denkena, B ^b   Winfough, B ^c   Mori, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Ameh Forge Limited   (United States)

^d DMG Mori Seiki Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutting machine tool; Tool handling; Workpiece handling

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; CUTTING MACHINES (MINING); CUTTING TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINERY; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT;

ADVANCED MATERIALS; HIGH SPEED CUTTING; MACHINE PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY PROCESSING; SECONDARY PROCESSING; STATE OF THE ART; TOOL HANDLING; WORKPIECE;

METAL CUTTING;

EID: 72949086621     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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