Experimental investigation of laser surface remelting for the improvement of selective laser melting process

19th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, SFF 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 321-332

  Kruth, Jean Pierre ^a   Deckers, Jan ^a   Yasa, Evren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MICROHARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; REMELTING;

DIRECT PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRETTING BEHAVIOUR; HIGH INTENSITY LASER BEAMS; LASER SURFACE REMELTING; LAYER MANUFACTURING; PARAMETER SELECTION; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 81255174943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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