Lasers and materials in selective laser sintering

Assembly Automation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-371

  Kruth, J P ^a   Wang, X ^a   Laoui, T ^a   Froyen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Formed materials; Lasers; Simulation; Sintering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

FORMED MATERIALS; LASER MATERIAL INTERACTION; LASER SINTERING;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0242636415     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150310698652     Document Type: Article

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