Rapid prototyping: Energy and environment in the spotlight

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-34

  Mognol, Pascal ^a   Lepicart, Denis ^a   Perry, Nicolas ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Electric power generation; Energy; Environmental management; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ELECTRICAL POWER; MANUFACTURING TIME;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 31544436061     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540610637246     Document Type: Article

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