Computer aided fixture design: Recent research and trends

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1085-1094

  Wang, Hui ^a   Rong, Yiming ^a,b   Li, Hua ^b   Shaun, Price ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided fixture design; Literature survey; Trend

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED FIXTURE DESIGNS; DIRECT IMPACT; LITERATURE SURVEY; PRODUCT MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH TRENDS; TREND; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; SURVEYS;

FIXTURES (TOOLING);

EID: 77957924063     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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