Penetration control in laser welding of sheet metal

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 210-214

  Postma, S ^a   Aarts, R G K M ^b   Meijer, Johan ^b   Jonker, J B ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR METALS RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feedback control; Full penetration; Laser welding; Monitoring; System identification

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEET METAL;

PENETRATION CONTROL;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 0036862791     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.1493764     Document Type: Article

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