Laser Sintering of Silica Sand - Mechanism and Application to Sand Casting Mould

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1015-1020

  Wang, X H ^a   Fuh, J Y H ^a   Wong, Y S ^a   Tang, Y X ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Laser sintering; Rapid prototyping; Sand casting; Silica sand

Indexed keywords

CASTING; EUTECTICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING;

LASER SINTERING;

SILICA SAND;

EID: 0142007021     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-002-1424-x     Document Type: Article

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