A review and analysis of current computer-aided fixture design approaches

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Boyle, Iain ^a,c   Rong, Yiming ^a   Brown, David C ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer aided fixture design; Fixture design; Fixture planning; Fixture verification; Setup planning; Unit design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-AIDED FIXTURE DESIGN; FIXTURE DESIGN; FIXTURE PLANNING; FIXTURE VERIFICATION; SETUP PLANNING; UNIT DESIGN;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DESIGN; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH;

FIXTURES (TOOLING);

EID: 78049248409     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2010.05.008     Document Type: Review

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