Improvements to laser forming through process control refinements

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Thomson, Gareth ^a   Pridham, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser forming; Laser processing; Process control; Prototyping techniques; System optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142001102     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-3992(98)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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