Green ceramic machining: A top-down approach for the rapid fabrication of complex-shaped ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2109-2115

  Su, B ^a   Dhara, S ^a   Wang, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finishing; Green ceramics; Milling; Rapid prototyping; Shaping

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; FINISHING; MILLING (MACHINING); RAPID PROTOTYPING;

COMPLEX-SHAPED CERAMICS; GREEN CERAMIC MACHINING (GCM); GREEN CERAMICS; RAPID FABRICATION; SHAPING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FABRICATION; FINISHING; MILLING (MACHINING); RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 43949122884     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2008.02.023     Document Type: Article

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