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Material properties and fabrication parameters in selective laser sintering process

journal contribution
posted on 1997-01-01, 00:00 authored by Ian GibsonIan Gibson, D Shi
As part of a manufacturing system, rapid prototyping (RP) should be integrated with other manufacturing technologies. To ensure that this integration is successful and intelligent, it is necessary to understand and incorporate the properties of RP components. Selective laser sintering (SLS) is an important RP method because of its wide range of materials which can be used. The properties of different SLS powders influence the fabrication parameters in the process and these fabrication parameters in turn affect the mechanical properties of the resultant component. SLS components generally require post-processing which can also affect the mechanical properties. To obtain optimum quality output, knowledge of the effects of sintering and post-processing must be incorporated into design and process planning.

History

Journal

Rapid prototyping journal

Volume

3

Issue

4

Pagination

129 - 136

Publisher

Emerald

Location

Bingley, Eng.

ISSN

1355-2546

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

1997, MCB University Press