Studies on rheology of ceramic inks and spread of ink droplets for direct ceramic ink jet printing

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 222-229

  Prasad, P S R Krishna ^a   Reddy, A Venumadhav ^a   Rajesh, P K ^a   Ponnambalam, P ^a   Prakasan, K ^a  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Direct ceramic ink jet printing; Dispersant; Drop on demand; Ink jet printing; Microdroplet deposition; Sediment packing density; Solid freeform fabrication

Indexed keywords

INK; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

DIRECT CERAMIC INK JET PRINTING; DROP ON DEMAND; MICRODROPLET DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT PACKING DENSITY;

PRINTING;

DISPERSANTS; INK; INK JET PRINTING; PRINTING; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33744550522     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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