Laser polishing parameter optimization for die and moulds surface finishing

Proceedings of the ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, MSEC2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 197-204

  Ukar, E ^a   Lamikiz, A ^a   Lopez De Lacalle L N ^a   Liebana, F ^b   Etayo, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS; DIE AND MOULD; HIGH POWER DIODE LASER; HIGH SPEED MILLING; INITIAL VALUES; INJECTION MOULD; LASER BEAM MELTING; LASER POLISHING; LAYER OF MATERIAL; MANUFACTURING COST; MEAN ROUGHNESS; OPERATION PARAMETERS; QUALIFIED PERSONNEL; SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE CAST IRON; STAMPING DIES; SURFACE FINISHING;

CAST IRON; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DIES; IRON; MANUFACTURE; MILLING (MACHINING); MOLDS; POLISHING; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SURFACES; TOOL STEEL;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

EID: 77951261250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/MSEC_ICMP2008-72258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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