Degree of particle melt in Nylon-12 selective laser-sintered parts

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-132

  Zarringhalam, Hadi ^a   Majewski, Candice ^b   Hopkinson, Neil ^b  

^a Materials Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lasers; Manufacturing systems; Melting; Rapid prototypes; Sintering

Indexed keywords

BUILD PARAMETERS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENERGY INPUTS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PEAK HEIGHT; RAPID PROTOTYPES; SINTERED PARTS; SMALL SIZE;

LASERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE MEASUREMENT; POLYAMIDES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RAYON; SINTERING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY;

EID: 67649523097     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540910943423     Document Type: Article

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