Rapid tooling for sand casting using laminated object manufacturing process

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 134-140

  Wang, Wanlong ^a   Conley, James G ^a   Stoll, Henry W ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MACHINING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

LAMINATED OBJECT MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; RAPID TOOLING PROCESSES;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0032637644     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552549910278964     Document Type: Article

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