Fabricating the steam turbine blade by direct laser forming

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 879-885

  Lu, Z L ^a   Zhang, A F ^a   Tong, Z Q ^a   Yang, X H ^a   Li, D C ^a   Lu, B H ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laser; Manufacturing; Methods; Processing; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; AEROSPACE FIELD; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPLEX METAL PARTS; CONTOUR LINE; DEFOCUSING; DIRECT LASER FORMING; FORMING MECHANISM; FORMING PROCESS; FORMING QUALITY; HIGH DEFINITION; LASER SCANNING; METHODS; NEAR-NET-SHAPE; OPEN LOOPS; PARALLEL LINE; POWDER STREAM; SCANNING MODE; SELF-HEALING; STEAM TURBINE BLADE; TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TOP SURFACE;

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; FORMING; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; MARINE ENGINES; POWDER METALS; SCANNING; STEAM TURBINES; TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 79960686689     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2011.560225     Document Type: Article

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