Welding thermoplastic elastomers to polypropylene with a diode laser

ICALEO 2002 - 21st International Congress on Applications of Laser and Electro-Optics, Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Baylis, Bobbye ^a   Huang, Ying Ping ^b   Watt, Dan ^b  

^a Siemens VDO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LASER WELDING MACHINES; LASERS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RUBBER; SCANNING; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; THERMOPLASTICS; WELDING; WELDS;

ABSORBING MATERIALS; BEAM SPOT SIZES; CLAMP PRESSURES; DIODE LASERS; DUROMETERS; LASER WELDING PARAMETERS; PARAMETER CHANGES; SCANNING SPEEDS; TRANSMISSION LASER WELDING; TRANSMISSIVE MATERIALS; WELD QUALITIES; WELD STRENGTHS;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 57049116049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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