Selective laser melting of biocompatible metals for rapid manufacturing of medical parts

17th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, SFF 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 148-159

  Vandenbroucke, Ben ^a   Kruth, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE METALS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; TIAL6V4;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84898419356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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