Controlling robotic friction stir welding

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 28-34

  Cook, George E ^a   Smartt, Herschel B ^b   Mitchell, Jason E ^a   Strauss, Alvin M ^a   Crawford, Reginald ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FORCE CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; POSITION CONTROL; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SHEAR STRESS; SOLDERING ALLOYS; TORQUE CONTROL; WELDS;

AXIAL FORCE; FRICTION STIR WELDING; ROBOTIC FRICTION;

FRICTION WELDING;

EID: 0038819070     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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