Compensation zone approach to avoid print-through errors in mask projection stereolithography builds

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 283-291

  Limaye, Ameya Shankar ^a   Rosen, David W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Printers; Process planning; Production processes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CURING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRINTING; PRODUCTION;

COMPENSATION ZONE APPROACH; MASK PROJECTION STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; PROCESS PLANNING;

LITHOGRAPHY;

CAD CAM; CURING; LITHOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33750197780     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540610707040     Document Type: Article

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