Experimental study of Nd:YAG laser beam machining-An overview

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 15-26

  Dubey, Avanish Kr ^a   Yadava, Vinod ^a  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

DOE; Laser beam machining; Nd:YAG; Process parameter; Quality characteristics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DRILLING; MICROMACHINING; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OPTIMIZATION;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE); ND:YAG LASER BEAM MACHINING; PROCESS PARAMETER; QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 36549070105     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.05.041     Document Type: Review

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