Selective laser sintering: Applications and technological capabilities

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 435-449

  Pham, D T ^a   Dimov, S ^a   Lacan, F ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rapid manufacturing; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering; Tooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 19044400967     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405991516912     Document Type: Article

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