Controlled local properties in the same part with sintaflex a new elastomer powder material for the SLS process

16th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, SFF 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 197-207

  Levy, Gideon N ^b   Boehler, Paul ^a   Martinoni, Raffaele ^a   Schindel, Ralf ^b   Schleiss, Peter ^b  

^a Valspar Corporation AG   (Switzerland)

^b University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elastomer; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; LASER HEATING; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING;

CONTROLLED VARIABLES; LASER ABSORPTION; LOCAL VARIABLES; POWDER MATERIAL; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SINTERING PARAMETERS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84898460533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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