Thermal characteristics of a new metal/polymer material for FDM rapid prototyping process

Assembly Automation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-315

  Masood, S H ^a   Song, W Q ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Metals; Polymers; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; INJECTION MOLDING; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FUSED DEPOSITION MODELLING (FDM); RAPID TOOLING;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 27244448021     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150510626451     Document Type: Article

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