An intelligent manufacturing advisor for casting and injection-moulding based on a mid-surface approach

ASME 2002 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2002

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 785-791

  Lockett, Helen L ^a   Guenov, Marin D ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEATURE RECOGNITION; INJECTION MOULDING; INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING FEATURES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; NET-SHAPE; SOLID MODEL; SOLID MODELLER; SURFACE APPROACH; SURFACE REPRESENTATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED; NEAR NET SHAPE MANUFACTURING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INJECTION MOLDING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SURFACE TESTING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; MOLDING;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 85037352101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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