Jettability of reactive nylon materials for additive manufacturing applications

Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-413

  Fathi, Saeed ^a   Dickens, Phill ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Caprolactam; Inkjet printing; Jettability; Nylon 6

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; CAPROLACTAM; DEPOSITION STAGES; EFFECT OF PARAMETERS; INK JET SYSTEMS; INKJET PRINTING PROCESS; JET ARRAYS; JET STABILITY; JETTABILITY; NYLON-6; REACTIVE MATERIALS;

CATALYSTS; MANUFACTURE; MICROCRYSTALS; MIXTURES; POLYAMIDES; PRINTING; RAYON; SURFACE TENSION;

MOLTEN MATERIALS;

EID: 84865759428     PISSN: 15266125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmapro.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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