Determination of optimum process parameters using taguchi's approach to improve the quality of SLS parts

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 228-233

  Janardhan Reddy, T A ^a   Ravi Kumanr, Y ^b   Rao, C S P ^c  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b V R SIDDHARTHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ANOVA method and optimization; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering; Taguchi technique

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING;

ANOVA METHOD; PROTOTYPING MACHINES; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); TAGUCHI TECHNIQUE;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 33751256243     PISSN: 10218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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