Optimum sintering region for laser sintered Nylon-12

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 225, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2240-2248

  Vasquez, M ^a   Haworth, B ^a   Hopkinson, N ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Laser sintering window; Stable sintering region; Thermal degradation; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; INJECTION MOULDING; LASER PARAMETERS; LASER SINTERING; MACHINE PARAMETERS; MASS LOSS; MATERIAL SELECTION; MODELLING METHOD; NOVEL CONCEPT; POLYMER CHAINS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; STABLE SINTERING REGION; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

DEGRADATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INJECTION MOLDING; LASER HEATING; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERS; RAYON; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

SINTERING;

EID: 84855963729     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: 20412975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954405411414994     Document Type: Conference Paper

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