An optimal approach to multiple tool selection and their numerical control path generation for aggressive rough machining of pockets with free-form boundaries

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 651-663

  Chen, Zezhong C ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive rough machining; Free form pocket machining; Medial axis transform; Optimal tool selection; Tool path planning

Indexed keywords

FREE-FORM POCKET MACHINING; MEDIAL AXIS TRANSFORMS; OPTIMAL TOOL SELECTION; ROUGH MACHINING; TOOLPATHS;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRY; MACHINE SHOPS; MACHINERY; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

MACHINING;

EID: 79952986666     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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