Influence of the particle size distribution on surface quality and mechanical properties in AM steel parts

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-202

  Spierings, A B ^a   Herres, N ^a,b   Levy, G ^a  

^a INSPIRE AG   (Switzerland)

^b FHO Fachhochschule Ostschweiz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties of materials; Particle size measurement; Steel; Surface properties of materials

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HIGH DENSITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; METALLIC PART; METALLIC POWDER; PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT; POWDER MATERIAL; PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; QUALITY SYSTEMS; SCAN VELOCITY; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; STANDARDISATION; STEEL PARTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; SURFACE QUALITIES; TWO LAYERS;

CERMETS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRANULATION; MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955701497     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541111124770     Document Type: Article

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