Considerations and selection of optimal orientation for different rapid prototyping systems

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 54-60

  Xu, F ^a   Loh, H T ^a   Wong, Y S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; DEPOSITION; FINISHING; LAMINATES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LITHOGRAPHY; SINTERING;

FUSION DEPOSITION MODELLING (FDM); LAMINATED OBJECT MANUFACTURING (LOM); SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0032658598     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552549910267344     Document Type: Article

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