5:Into Solid
Foam Molding into Plywood Shell
Precise-Cast Prototyping (pcPRO®)
The transformation of a material into a solid state
This chapter deals principally with a group of processes that fall within the realm of “powder metallurgy.” This term no longer adequately describes the advanced and wide-ranging technology that exists, nor the materials. The advanced materials that are used are not always in powder form, and they include ceramics and plastics as well as metals. Processes that in the simplest terms were based on compacting metal powders into shape and then sintering the “green” ...
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