Automated fixture configuration for rapid manufacturing planning

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 160-169

  Nelaturi, Saigopal ^a   Rangarajan, Arvind ^a   Fritz, Christian ^a   Kurtoglu, Tolga ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision free planning; Fixture synthesis; Force form closure

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS; COLLISION-FREE; DIMENSIONAL VECTORS; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; FIXTURE SYNTHESIS; FORCE/FORM CLOSURE; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; AUTOMATION; TOOLS;

FIXTURES (TOOLING);

EID: 84887421392     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2013.08.028     Document Type: Article

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