An experimental investigation of the surface roughness of parts produced by LOM process

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Kechagias, John ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Modelling; Optimization techniques; Surface texture; Taguchi methods

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LOM PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; SURFACE TEXTURE; TAGUCHI METHODS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 33846318163     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540710719172     Document Type: Article

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