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In recent years, industries such as aerospace, shipbuilding, automotive and even wood carpentering have seen a fast growing use of sculptured surfaces to meet functional or esthetic needs. In this chapter, an automated process planning system for 5-axis finish milling is introduced. The whole system is built on an accessibility analysis algorithm that produces a cutter’s accessible posture range to a surface point in the form of A-maps.
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Geng, L., Zhang, Y.F. (2012). Process Planning for 5-Axis Milling of Sculptured Surfaces Based on Cutter’s Accessibility Analysis. In: Davim, J. (eds) Machining of Complex Sculptured Surfaces. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2356-9_6
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