Development of an advanced dual beam head for laser lap joining of zinc coated steel sheet without gap at the interface

24th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2005 - Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1069-1074

  Forrest, Mariana G ^a   Lu, Feng ^b  

^a CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^b Feng Lu Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAM WELDING; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTS; STEEL SHEET; ZINC DEPOSITS;

LASER FOCUSING HEADS; WELDING PARAMETERS; ZINC COATED STEEL SHEET;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 33645138117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2351/1.5060612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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