Robotypïng - New rapid prototyping processes for sand moulds using industrial robots

Assembly Automation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-329

  Schaaf, Walter ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free form surfaces; Rapid prototyping; Robots

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FABRICATION; FACTORY AUTOMATION; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MACHINING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SINTERING;

FREE FORM SURFACES; LASER SINTERING; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; ROBOTYPING; SAND MOULDS;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 8644261608     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150010378443     Document Type: Article

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