Direct metal part forming of 316L stainless steel powder by electron beam selective melting

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 220, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1845-1853

  Qi, H B ^a   Yan, Y N ^a   Lin, F ^a   He, W ^a   Zhang, R J ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

316L stainless steel powder; Direct metal part forming; Electron beam selective melting; Rapid manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; MACHINING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL POWDER METALLURGY; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

316L STAINLESS STEEL POWDER; DIRECT METAL PART FORMING; ELECTRON BEAM SELECTIVE MELTING; RAPID MANUFACTURING;

METAL FORMING;

EID: 34247140199     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM438     Document Type: Article

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