Improving surface quality of selective laser sintered rapid prototype parts using robotic finishing

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-203

  Shi, D ^a,b   Gibson, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; END EFFECTORS; FINISHING; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SINTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ROBOTIC FINISHING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); SURFACE QUALITY;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0033689714     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405001517586     Document Type: Article

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