Experimental study on the effect of varying focal offset distance on laser micropolished surfaces

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 9-12, 2013, Pages 2607-2617

  Chow, Michael T C ^a   Bordatchev, Evgueni V ^b   Knopf, George K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focal offset distance; Laser micropolishing; Surface roughness; Surface waviness

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAM MACHINING; LASER BEAMS; LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOPOGRAPHY;

ENERGY DENSITY; FINISHING PROCESS; FOCUSED LASER BEAMS; MICROPOLISHING; OFFSET DISTANCES; POLISHED SURFACES; SURFACE GEOMETRIES; SURFACE WAVINESS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84891488534     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-4677-z     Document Type: Article

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