Real-time part detection in a virtually machined sheet metal defined as a set of disjoint regions

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1089-1104

  Velez, Gorka ^a   Moreno, Aitor ^a   Ruíz De Infante, Álvaro ^b   Chopitea, Raúl ^b  

^a VICOMTECH   (Spain)

^b Parque Tecnológico de Alava Ferdinand Zeppelin 2   (Spain)

Author keywords

CNC machining; image based algorithms; interactive simulation; nesting planning; part detection; sheet metal

Indexed keywords

MACHINING; MACHINING CENTERS;

CNC MACHINING; COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; GEOMETRICAL INFORMATIONS; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGE-BASED REPRESENTATION; INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS; MACHINING PROCESS; REAL TIME SIMULATORS;

SHEET METAL;

EID: 84954189740     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2015.1130263     Document Type: Article

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