Statistical analysis of ytterbium-doped fibre laser cutting of dry pine wood

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 223, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 775-789

  Hernandez Castaneda, J C ^a   Sezer, H K ^a   Li, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Laser cutting; Statistical analysis; Wood; Ytterbium fibre laser

Indexed keywords

CUT QUALITY; CUTTING-DIRECTION; EDGE SURFACE; FIBRE LASERS; FOCAL PLANE; GAS PRESSURES; HEAT-AFFECTED ZONES; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; HIGH QUALITY; KERF WIDTH; LASER CUTTING; LASER POWER; MASS REMOVAL; MULTI-FACTOR; PARAMETER INTERACTIONS; PINE WOODS; PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RESPONSE FACTOR; SINGLE MODE; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODELLING; TRAVERSE SPEED; WOOD CUTTING; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FIBERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM CUTTING; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WOOD; YTTERBIUM;

CUTTING;

CUTTING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIBERS; GAS; LASERS; PRESSURE; ROUGHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOOD;

EID: 68249155534     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM1397     Document Type: Article

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