THE THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF RESIN COATED SANDS FOR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING

Fabrizio Quadrini (Italy), Loredana Santo (Italy) and Vincenzo Tagliaferri (Italy)

Received July 15, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: selective laser sintering, resin coated sand, sand thermal agglomeration.