Environmental impacts of rapid prototyping: An overview of research to date

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-71

  Drizo, Aleksandra ^a   Pegna, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AIDS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MACHINE DESIGN;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA); ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RAPID PROTOTYPES; RAPID TOOLING (RT);

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 33645515522     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540610652393     Document Type: Review

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