June 2010
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
17h 33m
English
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Chapter 10 Laser-Assisted Micro-Forming
Introduction
Forming is one of the basic production technologies, and due to the potential and low costs of the process is widely spread in industrial applications. Nevertheless, there are specific limitations regarding the workpiece materials and the maximum strain within the forming operation. Brittle and high strength materials cannot be accommodated without high process complexity or low product quality.
By heating the used materials prior to the forming process, with the corresponding change of their material properties, these drawbacks can be eliminated.
The use of laser radiation as the heat source enables short heating times, due to the associated high energy density. In addition, ...