Processing with kW fibre lasers - Advantages and limits

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7131, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kratky, A ^a   Schuocker D ^a   Liedl, G ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Az31; Beam quality; Diode pumped lasers; Fibre laser; Focussability; High power laser; Laser; Laser cutting; Magnesium; Mg 3Al 1Zn; Process fibre; Process stability and optic; Solid state laser; Welding

Indexed keywords

AZ31; DIODE-PUMPED LASERS; FIBRE LASER; FOCUSSABILITY; LASER CUTTING; MG-3AL-1ZN; PROCESS FIBRE; PROCESS STABILITY AND OPTIC;

AERODYNAMICS; ALUMINUM; ASPECT RATIO; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL LASERS; CUTTING; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; FLOW OF GASES; GAS ABSORPTION; HIGH POWER LASERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM CUTTING; LASER PULSES; LASERS; MAGNESIUM; METALS; PUMPING (LASER); SHEET METAL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WELDING; ZINC;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 69849092891     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.816655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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