Comparative evaluation of laser-assisted micro-milling for AISI 316, AISI 422, TI-6AL-4V and Inconel 718 in a side-cutting configuration

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Shelton, Jonathan A ^a   Shin, Yung C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AISI 316; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; END MILL; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FINITE-VOLUME; HIGH-SPEED SPINDLE; INCONEL-718; LASER-ASSISTED; LINEAR STAGES; MACHINED SURFACE; MICRO MILLING; NUMERICAL MODELING; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SIDE-CUTTING; THERMAL MODEL; THREE-AXIS; TI-6AL-4V; TOOL WEAR; WORK PIECES;

ALUMINUM; MILLING (MACHINING); MILLING MACHINES; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77953892137     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/7/075012     Document Type: Article

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