Developing new laser sintering materials for snowboarding applications

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 325-330

  Vasquez, Mike ^a   Cross, John ^b   Hopkinson, Neil ^c   Haworth, Barry ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Burton Snowboards   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Elastomers; Laser sintering; Snowboarding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892620183     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.04.056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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