Selective laser sintering: Recent advances

4th Pacific International Conference on Applications of Lasers and Optics, PICALO 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kumar, Sanjay ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER HEATING; SINTERING;

BINDING MECHANISMS; RAPID MANUFACTURING; RAPID TOOLING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING(SLS);

SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING;

EID: 85088336577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2351/1.5057211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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