Selective laser melting of biocompatible metals for rapid manufacturing of medical parts

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 196-203

  Vandenbroucke, Ben ^a   Kruth, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lasers; Medical appliances; Titanium

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DENTAL MATERIALS; LASER HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

COMPLEX GEOMETRY; DENTAL PARTS; LASER MELTING; RAPID MANUFACTURING;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34547491325     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540710776142     Document Type: Article

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