Practical considerations and capabilities for laser assisted direct metal deposition

Materials and Design

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-423

  Lewis, Gary K ^a   Schlienger, Eric ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Fabrication; Laser; Layered deposition; Rapid prototyping; Solid free form fabrication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; LASER APPLICATIONS; METAL MELTING; MOTION CONTROL; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

LASER ASSISTED DIRECT METAL DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DEPOSITION; LASER; METAL; PROTOTYPE;

EID: 0034009139     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3069(99)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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