A new approach to planning plungers paths for efficient 2 1/2-axis computer numerically controlled plunge milling of complex pockets with islands

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Zezhong C ^a   Abdelkhalek, Sherif ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

CNC machining; plunge milling; pocketing; roughing; tool path planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE;

CNC MACHINING; PLUNGE MILLINGS; POCKETING; ROUGHING; TOOL PATH PLANNING;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 84901311114     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4027538     Document Type: Article

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