3D printing technique applied to rapid casting

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 148-155

  Bassoli, Elena ^a   Gatto, Andrea ^a   Iuliano, Luca ^b   Violante, Maria Grazia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Printers; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; METAL CASTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES; LIGHT ALLOYS CASTINGS; RAPID CASTING (RC);

PRINTING;

CAD CAM; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; PRINTING;

EID: 34249740941     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540710750898     Document Type: Article

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