Improvement of surface finishing and corrosion resistance of prototypes produced by direct metal laser sintering

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-309

  Rossi, S ^a   Deflorian, F ^a   Venturini, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b DemoCenter   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coatings; Corrosion protection; Direct metal laser sintering; Electroless nickel; Prototyping

Indexed keywords

CORROSION PROTECTION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROLESS PLATING; LASER APPLICATIONS; METAL FINISHING; NICKEL PLATING; POLISHING; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SHOT PEENING; SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING; PROTOTYPING; SURFACE FINISH;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 2342544817     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2003.02.001     Document Type: Article

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