Laser weld penetration monitoring with multiple emission signal measurements

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Farson, D F ^a   Ali, A ^a   Li, X C ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser welding; Plasma charge; Process monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001809475     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.521887     Document Type: Article

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