Process shrinkage and accuracy during indirect laser sintering of aluminium

Advanced Engineering Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 260-264

  Sercombe, Tim B ^a   Hopkinson, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITS AND TOLERANCES; GEOMETRY; HEAT TREATMENT; LASER APPLICATIONS; SHRINKAGE; SINTERING;

BED POSITION; INDIRECT LASER SINTERING; LIGHTWEIGHT METAL PRODUCTS; PROCESS SHRINKAGE; RAPID MANUFACTURING CONTEXT;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 33646430314     PISSN: 14381656     EISSN: 15272648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adem.200500265     Document Type: Article

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