Movement of powder bed material during the selective laser sintering of bisphenol-A polycarbonate

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 188-198

  Fan, K M ^a   Cheung, W L ^a   Gibson, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Polymers; Sintering; Stress (materials)

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCARBONATES; SINTERING; THERMOPLASTICS;

PARALLEL SURFACE BANDS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); STRESS(MATERIALS);

POWDERS;

EID: 23744504833     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540510612884     Document Type: Article

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