OPTIMISING AUTOMATIC TOOL SELECTION FOR 21/2D COMPONENTS

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 403-412

  Lim, T ^a   Comey, J ^a   Ritchie, J M ^a   Clark, D E R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAPP; Machining features; Residual material; Tool selection

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; AUTOMATIC TOOLS; CAPP; CLEARANCE RATES; MACHINING FEATURE; MACHINING TIME; OPTIMAL COMBINATION; OPTIMISATIONS; RESIDUAL MATERIALS; TOOL SELECTION;

CUTTING TOOLS;

EID: 85096905816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2000/DFM-14032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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