Physico-chemical behaviour of Poly (Ether Ketone) (PEK) in High Temperature Laser Sintering (HT-LS)

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 969-978

  Ghita, O R ^a   James, E ^a   Trimble, R ^a   Evans, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High temperature; Polyether ketone; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; KETONES; LASER HEATING; POLYMERS; PROCESSING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SINTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ENGINEERING POLYMERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; POLY(ETHER KETONE); POLYMER DEGRADATION; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESSING WINDOWS; SINTERING MECHANISM;

LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING;

EID: 84893655985     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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