Increased stability in laser metal wire deposition through feedback from optical measurements

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-485

  Heralić, Almir ^a   Christiansson, Anna Karin ^a   Ottosson, Mattias ^a   Lennartson, Bengt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Laser deposition; Machine vision; Metal wire; Process control; Robotic welding equipment

Indexed keywords

LASER DEPOSITIONS; MACHINE VISION; METAL WIRE; METAL WIRES; ROBOTIC WELDING;

COMPUTER VISION; CONTROLLERS; DEPOSITION; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; FEEDBACK; FIBER LASERS; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; METALS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; ROBOTICS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WELDING; WIRE;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 75149176178     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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