Improved surface finish in 3D printing using bimodal powder distribution

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-166

  Lanzetta, Michele ^a   Sachs, Emanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Layered manufacturing; Printing; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

BIMODAL POWDER DISTRIBUTION;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0037704161     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540310477463     Document Type: Article

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