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Tool Path Optimization BasedTool Path Optimization Based
on Ant Colony Optimizationon Ant Colony Optimization
for CNC Machining Operationsfor CNC Machining Operations
Nataly Medina-Rodríguez, Oscar Montiel* and
Roberto Sepúlveda
ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we present an effi cient solution to determine the best
sequence of G commands for a set of holes of a printed circuit board, in
order to minimize the manufacturing time by the optimization of the
travel path using Multi-Ant Parallel Colonies metaheuristic. Several
experiments that demonstrate how this proposal can help to outperform
solutions provided by commercial software are presented.
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