Laser-hybrid welding drives VW improvements

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-48

  Graf, T ^a   Staufer, H ^b  

^a VOLKSWAGEN AG   (Germany)

^b FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOLID STATE LASERS;

COST EFFICIENCY; LASER HYBRID WELDING; NEODYMIUM DOPED YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET LASER;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 0037276458     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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