Contour parallel milling tool path generation for arbitrary pocket shape using a fast marching method

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 1101-1111

  Dhanik, Sandeep ^a   Xirouchakis, Paul ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2.5D milling; CAD CAM; Contour parallel; Pocketing

Indexed keywords

2.5D MILLING; APPROXIMATE METHODS; ARBITRARY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUES; CAD/CAM; CLOSED BOUNDARY; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL ISSUES; COMPUTATIONAL ROUTINES; CONTOUR PARALLEL; ENTROPY CONDITIONS; FAST MARCHING METHODS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MILLING OPERATION; MILLING TOOLS; NUMERICAL ERRORS; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; POCKETING; SELF-INTERSECTIONS; TOOL PATH GENERATION; TOOLPATHS; TOPOLOGICAL CHANGES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DISTILLATION; ERRORS; MILLING (MACHINING); NUMERICAL METHODS; SCANNING; TOPOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 77957865971     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-010-2580-z     Document Type: Article

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