A study of degradation of lasersintered moulds using wear tests

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-110

  Kumar, S ^a   Kruth, J P ^b   Van Humbeeck, J ^b   Voet, A ^c  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Nayer Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lasers; Physical properties of materials; Polymers; Sintering; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993086801     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540910943405     Document Type: Article

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