... (up to 50 and 54 per cent, respectively) of the tooling route compared to traditional fabrication methods. Rapid prototypes Lasers Formed materials The die‐casting process is widely used in the automotive industry, which is under significant pressure to reduce cost and time to develop...

...). The following sections will distinguish between those SLS processes that apply polymer binders or infiltrants and those that do not. © Company 2003 Sintering Lasers Simulation Formed materials Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a rapid prototyping process that allows to generate...