Process control of laser conduction welding by thermal imaging measurement with a color camera

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 6841-6848

  Bardin, Fabrice ^a   Morgan, Stephen ^b   Williams, Stewart ^b   McBride, Roy ^a   Moore, Andrew J ^a   Jones, Julian D C ^a   Hand, Duncan P ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; HEAT SINKS; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VAPORIZATION;

COLOR CAMERAS; CONDUCTION WELDING; HEAT SINKING;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 28044466451     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.006841     Document Type: Article

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