Sand, die and investment cast parts via the SLS® selective laser sintering process

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3102, Issue , 1997, Pages 95-105

  Van De Crommert, Simon ^a   Seitz, Sandra ^a   Esser, Klaus K ^a   McAlea, Kevin ^b  

^a DTM GmbH   (Germany)

^b DTM Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Die casting; Investment casting; Rapid prototyping; Rapid tooling; Sand casting; Selective laser sintenng

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DIE CASTING; DIE CASTING INSERTS; DIE CASTINGS; DIES; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INVESTMENT CASTING; INVESTMENTS; JOB ANALYSIS; LASER HEATING; LASERS; MATERIALS; METAL CASTINGS; MOLDS; POWDERS; PRECISION CASTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SAND; SILICA; SILICA SAND; SILICATE MINERALS; SINTERING; SMELTING; STAINLESS STEEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ZIRCON;

CAD DATA; CANDIDATE MATERIALS; CERAMIC POWDERS; CROSS SECTIONING; LASER ENERGIES; LASER SINTERING; METAL PARTS; MOULD INSERTS; PROTOTYPING PROCESS; RAPID TOOLING; SAND CASTING; SAND MOULDS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTENNG; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (CO);

METAL CASTING;

EID: 58649101080     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.281306     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. C. Atwood, M. Maguire, M. Baldwin and B. Pardo, "Rapid Prototyping: A paradigm shift in investment casting", personal communiqué, August 1996.
2. P. Dickens, et al., "Conversion of RP models to investment castings" Rapid Prototyping Journal, Volume 1, No. 4, pp. 4-11, 1995.