Preliminary investigation on cellular support structures using SLM process

Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advanced Research and Rapid Prototyping

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 609-612

  Hussein, Ahmed ^a   Yan, Chunze ^a   Everson, Richard ^a   Hao, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Cellular structure; Selective laser melting (SLM); Support structure

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; BUILD TIME; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; METALLIC PART; NON-METALLIC; RAW POWDERS; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; SUPPORT MATERIALS; SUPPORT STRUCTURE; SUPPORT STRUCTURES;

GROUND SUPPORTS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84856731523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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