High density selective laser melting of Waspaloy®

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 77-87

  Mumtaz, Kamran Aamir ^a   Erasenthiran, Poonjolai ^a   Hopkinson, Neil ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct fabrication; Laser melting; Selective laser melting; Solid freeform fabrication; Waspaloy

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; MELTING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DIRECT FABRICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING;

POWDER METALS;

EID: 36549069677     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.04.117     Document Type: Article

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