Computer-integrated manufacturing system for tube bending

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1059-1068

  Ding, Guofu ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a   Qin, Shengfeng ^b   Zhu, Shaowei ^a   Ma, Shuwen ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CIMS; Extension; Feasibility of bending; Networking manufacturing; Springback; Tube bending

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; METAL FORMING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BENDING EFFICIENCY; CIMS; ENGINEERING DATABASE; EXTENSION; INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS; SPRING-BACK; TUBE BENDING;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84889587102     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2012.684710     Document Type: Article

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