Laser milling as a 'rapid' micromanufacturing process

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Pham, D T ^a   Dimov, S S ^a   Ji, C ^a   Petkov, P V ^a   Dobrev, T ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Laser milling; Micromachining; Rapid manufacturing

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

LASER MILLING; RAPID MANUFACTURING;

MICROMACHINING;

EID: 1242300213     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440504772830156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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