Rapid casting solutions: A review

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 328-350

  Chhabra, Munish ^a   Singh, Rupinder ^b  

^a MORADABAD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Foundry engineering; Investment casting; Metalworking industry; Rapid casting solutions; Rapid investment casting; Rapid sand casting; Sand casting

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; FOUNDRY ENGINEERING; METALWORKING INDUSTRY; RAPID CASTING SOLUTIONS; RAPID SAND CASTING; SAND CASTING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT CASTING; INVESTMENTS; MACHINE SHOPS; METAL CASTINGS; MOLDS; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 81255211417     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541111156469     Document Type: Review

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