An experimental design approach to selective laser sintering of low carbon steel

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Chatterjee, A N ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Saha, P ^a   Mishra, P K ^a   Roy Choudhury, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Porosity; Rapid prototyping; Sintering; SLS; Steel powder

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; POROSITY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS);

SINTERING;

EID: 0037431481     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00132-8     Document Type: Article

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