Clad height control in laser solid freeform fabrication using a feedforward PID controller

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 280-292

  Fathi, Alireza ^a   Khajepour, Amir ^a   Toyserkani, Ehsan ^a   Durali, Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clad height control; Feedback control; Feedforward control; Laser solid freeform fabrication; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

CLAD HEIGHT CONTROL; LASER SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION; SCANNING VELOCITY;

FEEDFORWARD CONTROL;

EID: 38349158397     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-006-0721-1     Document Type: Article

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