Quantifying the degree of particle melt in Selective Laser Sintering®

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-200

  Hopkinson, N ^a   Majewski, C E ^a   Zarringhalam, H ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Materials Solutions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polymer; Rapid; Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; NYLON 12; RAPID; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS);

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LASER HEATING; LASERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE MEASUREMENT;

SINTERING;

EID: 67349208780     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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