Investigating surface roughness of parts produced by SLS process

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 9-12, 2013, Pages 1505-1516

  Sachdeva, Anish ^a   Singh, Sharanjit ^a   Sharma, Vishal S ^a  

^a DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Process parameters; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

BED TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; DIFFERENT LAYERS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; LASER LIGHTS; LASER POWER; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MODEL TESTING; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SCAN SPACING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SOLID MODEL;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; LASER HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84874330979     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-4118-z     Document Type: Article

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