An investigation of quality in CO2 laser cutting of aluminum

CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Stournaras, A ^a   Stavropoulos, P ^a   Salonitis, K ^a   Chryssolouris, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy 5083; Cutting quality; Pulsed laser cutting

Indexed keywords

AERONAUTICS INDUSTRY; CUTTING QUALITY; EDGE ROUGHNESS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; GAS PRESSURES; KERF WIDTH; LASER CUTTING; LASER CUTTING SYSTEMS; LASER POWER; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; PULSED CO; PULSED LASER; PULSED LASER CUTTING; PULSING FREQUENCIES; SCANNING SPEED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLURGY; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; LASER BEAM CUTTING; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CUTTING;

EID: 71549140954     PISSN: 17555817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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