Assessing energy requirements and material flows of selective laser sintering of nylon parts

21st Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 289-297

  Telenko, Cassandra ^a   Seepersad, Carolyn Conner ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; POLYAMIDES; RAYON;

ADDITIVE PROCESS; CONVENTIONAL MANUFACTURING; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FUNCTIONAL PARTS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL WASTES; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING;

LASER HEATING;

EID: 84898423486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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