Combined build-time, energy consumption and cost estimation for direct metal laser sintering

23rd Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 932-944

  Baumers, M ^a   Tuck, C ^a   Wildman, R ^a   Ashcroft, I ^a   Rosamond, E ^b   Hague, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LASER HEATING; MANUFACTURE;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; COMBINED ESTIMATORS; DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND COST; ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION COST; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SINGLE-STEP PROCESS;

COST ESTIMATING;

EID: 84898424008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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