Experimental study aiming to enhance the surface finish of fused deposition modeled parts

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-192

  Galantucci, L M ^a   Lavecchia, F ^a   Percoco, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fused deposition modeling; Rapid prototyping; Surface finish

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENES; ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXTRUSION PARAMETERS; FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING; HUMAN INTERVENTIONS; MACHINING PARAMETERS; PART QUALITIES; POST TREATMENTS; SURFACE FINISH; SURFACE QUALITIES;

BUTADIENE; JOB ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STYRENE;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 67349243863     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2009.03.071     Document Type: Article

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