On the development of direct metal laser sintering for rapid tooling

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-328

  Simchi, A ^a   Petzoldt, F ^b   Pohl, H ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct metal laser sintering; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Rapid prototyping; Rapid tooling; Steel powder

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

RAPID TOOLING;

POWDER METALS;

EID: 0042785192     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00283-8     Document Type: Article

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