Design for environment analyses applied to rapid manufacturing

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 220, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1363-1372

  Hopkinson, N ^a   Gao, Y ^a   McAfee, D J ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design for environment; Rapid manufacturing; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY; ECODESIGN; LASER HEATING; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SINTERING;

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; BOOTHROYD DEWHURST; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; FINANCIAL PROFITS; METALLIC COMPONENT; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING(SLS); VISUAL COMPONENTS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 45949083905     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO309     Document Type: Article

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