Comparative study of 3D printing technologies for rapid casting of aluminium alloy

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1405-1411

  Gill, Simranpreet Singh ^a   Kaplas, Munish ^a  

^a BEANT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ASTM E 155 standard; Fused deposition modeling; Investment casting; Laminated object manufacturing; Prototype; Radiographs; Rapid casting; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering; Standard triangulation language; Standard UNI EN 20286 1 (1995)

Indexed keywords

FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING; LAMINATED OBJECT MANUFACTURING; PROTOTYPE; RAPID CASTING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; STANDARD TRIANGULATION LANGUAGE;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FITS AND TOLERANCES; INVESTMENT CASTING; INVESTMENTS; JOB ANALYSIS; LAMINATING; LASER HEATING; LINGUISTICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL CASTING; METAL CASTINGS; POWDER METALS; PRECISION CASTING; PRINTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRIANGULATION;

CASTING;

EID: 77949551741     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910902997571     Document Type: Article

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