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38 A prismatic part is typically lo
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machined part geomeXry. While the p
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42 cutter paths. For the complete i
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44 Figure 4-T Force directions used
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45 kt Figme 4-9 A simplitid geometr
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4.7. Selection of Fiiture Plans Fig
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Pm=HxPp where H is a homogeneous tr
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52 T slots or pin holes on a btse p
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54 None found Select a clamp type 1
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56 5.4. Generation of Candidate Cla
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58 desirable contact area clamp - X
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aised from the base. The part needs
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62 consrmcted In the part coordinat
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Z Y A X -X 64 volume of a cutter pa
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clamp 56.5. Checking with Clampable
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plans. In order to reduce computati
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70 Figure 5-16: Contact area at a c
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72 Y Y T t 1 1 I X X In any case, t
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74 5.9.5. Checking Interference aga
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ClamQ 76 I I Figure 5-22: placing e
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6.1. Introduction 79 Chapter 6 Fixt
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81 contact planes for a movable jaw
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6.4. Identification of the Common C
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a5 Z t Z common contact area contac
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a7 aba w For each obstacle, = z- Fi
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d d d d Let x ,. hx, z-, and z,,,~
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91 b a If x . - xmsl < L+ the area
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&,,, the coordinates of the first c
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Case 1: When hi,, z I d o n d o n =
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Figure 6-23: Determination of the h
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6.9.1. Identifying the Contact Area
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6.10. Rating Fixture PIans When mor
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7.L Introduction Chapter 7 Implemen
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Part geometry 109 me modeler is bas
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(plan ( (type setup11 (name planl)
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113 FEM can be used to automate the
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117 7.42. Example setup 2: A rectan
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119 i 2 0 0 L Fw 7-8: Fixture. p h
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121 II Figure 7-10 fixture plans wi
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7.5. Examples: Fixture Plans for Te
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125 Figure 7-13: A fixture plan for
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II i r P i e 7-15: Frxture plans fo
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i, Y 0 \ Figure 7-17: Future plans
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8.1. Summary 133 Chapter 8 Discussi
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8.2. Dseussion I 35 The system is a
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131 8.2.6. Generating the Most Cost
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139 Chapter 9 Conclusion The contri
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141 Chapter 10 Future Work nber aut
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Appendix A Screw Theory In this see
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149 Wo1te.r 821 Wolter, J. and et a