Investigation of fully dense laser sintering of tool steel powder using a pulsed Nd: YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet) laser

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-138

  Su, W N ^a   Erasenthiran, P ^a   Dickens, P M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser cladding; Laser sintering; Nd:YAG laser; Tool steel; Tooling

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FABRICATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; TOOL STEEL;

LASER SINTERING;

POWDER METALS;

LASER; POWDER; SINTERING; STEEL; TOOL;

EID: 0037287290     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440603762554677     Document Type: Article

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