Build time estimator for determining optimal part orientation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 224, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1905-1913

  Nezhad, A Sanati ^a   Vatani, M ^a   Barazandeh, F ^a   Rahimi, A ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

adaptive slicing; build time estimator; optimal part orientation; solution time

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SLICING; BUILD TIME; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ESTIMATING METHOD; ESTIMATOR ALGORITHMS; JOB SCHEDULING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL PART ORIENTATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PART ORIENTATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING SYSTEMS; SOLUTION TIME;

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 78650396691     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM1913     Document Type: Article

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