Rapid prototyping of sheet metal components by plasma-jet forming

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 135, Issue 2-3 SPEC., 2003, Pages 340-346

  Male, A T ^a   Chen, Y W ^a   Pan, C ^a   Zhang, Y M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma jet forming; Prototyping; Sheet metal components

Indexed keywords

MACHINE TOOLS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA TORCHES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; ROBOTICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PRECISION FORMING;

SHEET METAL;

EID: 0037457464     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00866-X     Document Type: Article

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