TY - JOUR
T1 - An efficient automatic tool path generator for 2 1/2D free-form pockets
AU - Lambregts, C. A.H.
AU - Delbressine, Frank L.M.
AU - De Vries, Wilbert A.H.
AU - Van Der Wolf, A. C.H.
PY - 1996/8/1
Y1 - 1996/8/1
N2 - This paper describes an efficient tool path generator, capable of automatically generating the NC code needed to manufacture arbitrarily shaped pockets with constant depth. The pockets are defined by contours consisting of line-segments and arcs, and may contain islands of unremoved material (also defined by contours of line-segments and arcs). The algorithm used to construct the contour parallel tool path is based on Voronoi diagrams and has an O(n log(n)) complexity, where n denotes the number of contour-segments defining the pocket's boundary.
AB - This paper describes an efficient tool path generator, capable of automatically generating the NC code needed to manufacture arbitrarily shaped pockets with constant depth. The pockets are defined by contours consisting of line-segments and arcs, and may contain islands of unremoved material (also defined by contours of line-segments and arcs). The algorithm used to construct the contour parallel tool path is based on Voronoi diagrams and has an O(n log(n)) complexity, where n denotes the number of contour-segments defining the pocket's boundary.
KW - 21/2D pocket machining
KW - Automatic tool path generation
KW - Free-form pockets
KW - Voronoi diagrams
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030216585&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0166-3615(95)00087-9
DO - 10.1016/0166-3615(95)00087-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030216585
SN - 0166-3615
VL - 29
SP - 151
EP - 157
JO - Computers in Industry
JF - Computers in Industry
IS - 3
ER -