Improve the material absorption of light and enhance the laser tube bending process utilizing laser softening heat treatment

• Main Authors: Imhan, Khalil Ibraheem, Baharudin, B. T. Hang Tuah, Zakaria, Azmi, Ismail, Mohd Idris Shah, Hadi Alsabti, Naseer Mahdi, Ahmad, Ahmad Kamal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74596/1/Improve.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74596/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030399217305170

Laser forming is a flexible control process that has a wide spectrum of applications; particularly, laser tube bending. It offers the perfect solution for many industrial fields, such as aerospace, engines, heat exchangers, and air conditioners. A high power pulsed Nd-YAG laser with a maximum averag...