Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 156-164

  Dotchev, K ^a   Soe, S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lasers; Production metallurgy; Rapid prototypes; Sintering

Indexed keywords

LASER SINTERING (LS); POLYSTYRENE (CF) PATTERN FABRICATION PROCESS; PRODUCTION METALLURGY; WAX INFILTRATION;

CASTING; INFILTRATION; INVESTMENT CASTING; LASERS; METALLURGY; POLYSTYRENES; SINTERING;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 33745086539     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540610670735     Document Type: Article

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