Plasma charge current for controlling and monitoring electron beam welding with beam oscillation

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 20121214-

  Trushnikov, Dmitriy ^a   Belenkiy, Vladimir ^a   Shchavlev, Valeriy ^a   Piskunov, Anatoliy ^a   Abdullin, Aleksandr ^a   Mladenov, Georgy ^b  

^a PERM NATIONAL RESEARCH POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Beam focus control; Electron beam oscillation; Electron beam welding; Keyhole; Plasma charge current

Indexed keywords

BEAM FOCUS; DEEP PENETRATION; KEYHOLE; OPERATION SPEED; OPERATIONAL CONTROL; PLASMA CHARGE; SECONDARY SIGNALS; SIGNAL PARAMETERS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ELECTRON BEAM WELDING; ELECTRON BEAMS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WELDING;

ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; WELDING;

EID: 84871677353     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121217433     Document Type: Article

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