Gas flow effects on selective laser melting (SLM) manufacturing performance

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 355-364

  Ferrar, B ^a   Mullen, L ^a   Jones, E ^b   Stamp, R ^b   Sutcliffe, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker Orthopaedics ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gas flow; Medical devices; Porous; Rapid manufacturing; Selective laser melting; Validation

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL DEVICES; POROUS; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; VALIDATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FLOW OF GASES; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MACHINE DESIGN; MANUFACTURE; MELTING; STATISTICS; TITANIUM;

INERT GASES;

EID: 81855204908     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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