Development of a robust laser beam bending process for aluminum fuselage structures

Production Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-155

  Zaeh, M F ^a   Hornfeck, Tobias ^a  

^a Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex aluminum fuselage structures; Laser beam forming; Production process

Indexed keywords

(8 HYDROXY QUINOLINE) ALUMINUM; (E ,3E) PROCESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; ALUMINUM PANELS; BEAM BENDING; BEAM FORMING; COST INTENSIVES; DISCRETE CONTROL; FUSELAGE PANELS; FUSELAGE STRUCTURES; HIGHLY INTEGRATED; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING; KNOW-HOW; LIGHT WEIGHTING; MACHINING COSTS; METALLURGICAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING (FORMING); CONTROL THEORY; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; EUROPIUM; FINANCE; FORMING; FUSELAGES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; LIGHT METALS; LIGHT WEIGHT EQUIPMENT; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALS; MODERNIZATION; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROFITABILITY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SOLDERED JOINTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WELL STIMULATION;

OPERATING COSTS;

EID: 70249111296     PISSN: 09446524     EISSN: 18637353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11740-008-0100-x     Document Type: Article

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