
High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Thermal analysis of polystyrene coated alumina powder for indirect
Laser Sintering during different process steps
L. Delva, A. Verberckmoes, K. Ragaert & L. Cardon
Centre for Polymer and Material Technologies (CPMT), Faculty of Engineering and Architecture,
Ghent University, Voskenslaan, Ghent, Belgium
ABSTRACT: A promising method for the production of complex 3D ceramic parts is Selective Laser Sintering
(SLS). The indirect method is used with the dispersion polymerization of polystyrene as a binder, coated upon
alumina particles. In this