Improving laser cutting quality for two-dimensional contoured paths

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 590-599

  Di Pietro, P ^a,c   Yao, Y Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Di Pietro and Sons Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

KERF WIDENING EFFECTS; WORKPIECE SELF-BURNING EFFECTS;

LASER BEAM CUTTING;

EID: 0032141591     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2830163     Document Type: Article

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