Isostatic pressing assisted indirect selective laser sintering of alumina components

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 409-419

  Deckers, J ^a   Shahzad, K ^a   Vleugels, J ^a   Kruth, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Alumina; Ceramics; Cold quasi isostatic pressing; Manufacturing systems; Sintering

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ALUMINA MATRIX; BALL-MILLED; CERAMICS; COLD ISOSTATIC PRESSING; DEBINDING; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ELONGATED PORES; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH DENSITY; INTERGRANULAR; ISOSTATIC PRESSING; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; PORE MORPHOLOGY; POWDER METALLURGY PROCESS; POWDER PRODUCTION; QUASI ISOSTATIC PRESSINGS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SINTERED PARTS; SINTERED SAMPLES; STARTING POWDERS; TECHNICAL CERAMICS;

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINA; BALL MILLING; CERAMIC MATERIALS; LASER HEATING; MANUFACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POWDER METALLURGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERED ALUMINA;

SINTERING;

EID: 84864226572     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541211250409     Document Type: Article

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