Parametric process optimization to improve the accuracy of rapid prototyped stereolithography parts

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 363-379

  Zhou, Jack G ^a   Herscovici, Daniel ^b   Chen, Calvin C ^c  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b Motorola Cellular Subscriber Sector   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOGRAPHY; MACHINE TOOLS; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

PARAMETER TUNING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; TAGUCHI METHOD;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0033901473     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(99)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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