Rapid manufacturing of metal components by laser forming

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 46, Issue 12-13, 2006, Pages 1459-1468

  Santos, Edson Costa ^a   Shiomi, Masanari ^a   Osakada, Kozo ^a   Laoui, Tahar ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser forming; Metal components; Rapid manufacturing

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; MACHINE COMPONENTS; METAL MELTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING;

LASER FORMING; LASER MELTING; METAL COMPONENTS; RAPID MANUFACTURING (RM);

METAL FORMING;

EID: 33746353717     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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