Case study: Selective laser sintering of the USUSat II small satellite structure

Assembly Automation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-272

  Quincieu, Joel ^a   Robinson, Chris ^a   Stucker, Brent ^a   Mosher, Todd ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial satellites; Assembly; Rapid prototypes; Sintering

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MACHINING; SATELLITES; SINTERING;

SATELLITE FABRICATION; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SMALL SATELLITE STRUCTURE;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 27244452360     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150510626389     Document Type: Article

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