Open AccessPost-Processing of Selective Laser Sintered Polycarbonate Parts
Author(s) -
Vail, N.K.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
texas scholarworks (texas digital library)
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.15781/t2sx64s93
Subject(s) - polycarbonate , materials science , laser , composite material , process engineering , optics , engineering , physics
St\ldies were conducted· to det~rmine the effect of press\lre onpost-prpeessingofpolycarbonate coupons. No significant differences betweencou.pons processed at atmospheric •• cQndidons.. andcouponsprpeessed in.vacuum were •observed. However, anisotropic shrinkage .was observedin.thez-directionnormal to thesintering plane. Thisphenomenawasfurtl1erinvestigated usingsYIllmetrical polycarbonatecubespr9(iuced by Selective LaserSintering using yariedlas~rpoweryariedpowderlayer thickness, and varied powder bed temperatures. (
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