Models for the simulation of spray deposition and robot motion optimization in thermal spraying of rotating objects

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 191-201

  Hansbo, Anita ^a   Nylén, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Robot motion optimization; Thermal spraying; Thickness uniformity models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000225017     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0257-8972(99)00255-8     Document Type: Article

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