Hole qualities in laser trepanning of polymeric materials

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1297-1305

  Choudhury, I A ^a   Chong, W C ^a   Vahid, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CO 2 laser; Design of experiment; Hole taper; Laser drilling; Polymeric materials

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE; ANOVA ANALYSIS; ASSIST GAS; CUTTING SPEED; HOLE DIAMETER; HOLE QUALITY; HOLE SIZE; HOLE TAPER; LASER CUTTING; LASER DRILLING; LASER POWER; OPTIMUM COMBINATION; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; POLYMER SHEET; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; PROCESS VARIABLES; STAND-OFF DISTANCE (SOD); TAGUCHI; WORK MATERIAL;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUTADIENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPRESSED AIR; CUTTING; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; MATERIALS; POLYMERS; STYRENE; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

ABS RESINS;

EID: 84861589028     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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