Developments in Nd:YAG laser welding

Handbook of Laser Welding Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 47-72

  Fabbro, R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Keyhole; Vapour plume and melt pool dynamics; Welding with disk or fibre laser

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WELDING; FIBER LASERS; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; SOLID STATE LASERS; WELDING;

KEYHOLE; LASER WAVELENGTH; MELT POOL DYNAMICS; ND:YAG LASER WELDING; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PHYSICAL PROCESS; WELDING PROCESS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 84910656257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857098771.1.47     Document Type: Chapter

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