Robot based thermoplastic fiber placement process

ABB Review

Volumn , Issue 2, 1998, Pages 27-34

  Ahrens, Markus ^a   Mallick, Vishal ^a   Parfrey, Karl ^a  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PROCESS CONTROL; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; THERMOPLASTICS;

THERMOPLASTIC FIBER PLACEMENT PROCESS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0031677989     PISSN: 10133119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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