Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics: Issues, Potentialities, and Opportunities

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1983-2001

  Zocca, Andrea ^a   Colombo, Paolo ^a,b   Gomes, Cynthia M ^c   Günster, Jens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; COMMERCE; MANUFACTURE; SINTERING;

ADDING MATERIALS; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; BUSINESS STRATEGY; CERAMIC COMPONENT; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METALLIC MATERIAL; NEW PRODUCTION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84936988931     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.13700     Document Type: Article

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