Pulsed Nd:YAG laser cutting of NiTi shape memory alloys - Influence of process parameters

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 210, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1918-1925

  Pfeifer, Ronny ^a   Herzog, Dirk ^a   Hustedt, Michael ^a   Barcikowski, Stephan ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutting; Laser; Nd:YAG; Nitinol; Pulsed; SMA

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRECISION; KEY PARAMETERS; LOCAL ENERGY; ND: YAG; NITI SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS; NITINOL; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESSING METHOD; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE WIDTH; PULSED; PULSED ND:YAG LASER; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SHAPE-MEMORY PROPERTIES; SHEET MATERIAL; SMA; SPOT OVERLAP;

ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CUTTING; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LASER BEAMS; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEODYMIUM; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 77956343177     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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