A tool path generation method for freeform surface machining by introducing the tensor property of machining strip width

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-13

  Liu, Xu ^a   Li, Yingguang ^a   Ma, Sibo ^a   Lee, Chen Han ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ball end mill; Freeform surface machining; Machining strip width; Surface subdivision; Tensor; Tool path

Indexed keywords

MILLING MACHINES; TENSORS;

BALL END MILL; FREE-FORM SURFACE MACHINING; STRIP-WIDTHS; SURFACE SUBDIVISION; TOOLPATHS;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 84928472180     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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