Aluminum alloy welding by using a high power direct diode laser

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-293

  Abe, N ^a   Tsukamoto, M ^a   Maeda, K ^b   Namba, K ^b   Morimoto, J ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UACJ CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Bead on plate welding; Butt welding; Direct diode laser; Lap fillet welding; Observation of welding phenomena

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BUTT WELDING; SPUTTERING; VIDEO CAMERAS; WELDABILITY;

BEAD-ON PLATE WELDING; DIRECT DIODE LASER; LAP-FILLET WELDING; LASER PLASMA FORMATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33845259374     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.2227006     Document Type: Article

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