Fixture assembly planning in a web-based collaborative environment

International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-193

  Kang, Xiumei ^a   Peng, Qingjin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAFD; Computer Aided Fixture Design; Fixture assembly planning; Tool feasibility analysis; Virtual manufacturing; Web based systems

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LOCKS (FASTENERS); WEBSITES;

CAFD; COMPUTER AIDED FIXTURE DESIGNS; FIXTURE ASSEMBLY PLANNING; TOOL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING; WEB-BASED SYSTEM;

FIXTURES (TOOLING);

EID: 77949760239     PISSN: 17516048     EISSN: 17516056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIMS.2008.019632     Document Type: Article

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