Laser transmission welding of thermoplastics - Part I: Temperature and pressure modeling

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 849-858

  Van De Ven, James D ^a   Erdman, Arthur G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser welding; Modeling; PVC

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOPLASTICS;

LASER TRANSMISSION WELDING; LASER TRANSMISSION WELDING (LTW); PRESSURE MODELING; WELD QUALITY;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 36549067730     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2752527     Document Type: Article

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