Effect of the properties of the polymer materials on the quality of selective laser sintering parts

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-252

  Shi, Y ^a   Li, Z ^a   Sun, H ^a   Huang, S ^a   Zeng, F ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Melting viscosity; Melting crystal process; Polymer material; Selective laser sintering (SLS); SLS part; Step effect

Indexed keywords

LASERS; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

MELTING VISCOSITY; MELTING-CRYSTAL PROCESS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); STEP EFFECT;

POLYMERS;

EID: 4344675808     PISSN: 14644207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1464420041579454     Document Type: Article

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