Direct additive laser manufacturing using gas- and water-atomised H13 tool steel powders

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 471-479

  Pinkerton, Andrew J ^a   Li, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas atomised; Laser deposition; Rapid prototyping; Rapid tooling; Water atomised

Indexed keywords

DIE CASTING; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; HARDNESS; LASER APPLICATIONS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GAS-ATOMISED; LASER DEPOSITION; RAPID TOOLING; WATER-ATOMISED;

STEEL POWDER METALLURGY;

EID: 20644459699     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-003-1844-2     Document Type: Article

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