Selective laser sintering of high carbon steel powders studied as a function of carbon content

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 5653-5660

  Nakamoto, Takayuki ^a   Shirakawa, Nobuhiko ^a   Miyata, Yoshio ^a   Inui, Haruyuki ^b  

^a OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon steel powder; Densification; Mechanical property; Microstructure; Rapid prototyping (RP); Selective laser sintering (SLS)

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; ENERGY DENSITY; FE-C ALLOYS; FULL DENSIFICATION; HIGH CARBON STEELS; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LASER SCANS; LOWER ENERGIES; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; SCAN SPACING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); STEEL POWDER;

CARBON STEEL; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; LASER HEATING; LASERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROHARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PINCH EFFECT; POWDERS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STEEL POWDER METALLURGY; YIELD STRESS;

SINTERING;

EID: 67650707955     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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