Study into the effect of beam waist position on hole formation in the laser drilling process

BS Yilbas, M Sami - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
Laser drilling may improve by proper selection of the laser parameters. One of the important
parameters in laser hole drilling is the focus setting of the focusing lens. In the present study …

Study of affecting parameters in laser hole drilling of sheet metals

BS Yilbas - 1987 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In practical applications of laser drilling the quality of the drilled hole is the critical factor, and
recently methods of studying the influence on quality of the main process variables have …

Laser hole drilling quality and efficiency assessment

BS Yilbas, A Aleem - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
In laser hole drilling, the end-product quality, the efficiency of the process and the cost of
operation are important. In the present study, the laser drilling process is examined by …

Parametric study to improve laser hole drilling process

BS Yilbas - Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 1997 - Elsevier
In the laser drilling process, the quality of the drilled holes is the main task. A method of
studying the influence on the quality of the main process variables needs to be developed …

Numerical simulation and experimental research on reduction of taper and HAZ during laser drilling using moving focal point

L Yang, Y Ding, B Cheng, A Mohammed… - The International Journal …, 2017 - Springer
Laser beam drilling has been widely applied in various industries due to its high efficiency
and low cost. However, machining defects like obvious taper, heat affected zone (HAZ), and …

Evaluation of productivity and operating cost of laser drilling process–a case study

S Sarfraz, E Shehab, K Salonitis… - Advances in …, 2018 - ebooks.iospress.nl
Laser drilling is a non-conventional machining process which is widely used in automotive,
electronics and aerospace sectors to produce holes in diverse range of materials. Different …

Experimental and parametric studies of Nd: YAG laser drilling on austenitic stainless steel

P Rajesh, U Nagaraju, GH Gowd… - The International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Laser drilling has swiftly become an economical and well-regulated substitute to
conventional hole drilling methods such as wire EDM, punching, broaching, or other …

Shallow angle drilling of inconel 718 using a helical laser drilling technique

J Shin, J Mazumder - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This study reports an experimental investigation for the shallow angle laser drilling of
Inconel 718. In this study, a helical laser drilling technique was used to effectively produce …

Analysis of the laser drilling process for pilot holes in complex shaped components

S Michel, D Biermann - Procedia Cirp, 2018 - Elsevier
In contrast to mechanical drilling, laser drilling can be applied directly to complex surfaces.
The laser holes can thereby serve as pilot holes for mechanical deep hole drilling to …

The examination of optimal focus settings with material thickness at atmospheric and subatmospheric pressures of air and oxygen in laser drilling of metals

BS Yilbas, F Begh - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 1988 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous statistical examination of relevant factors in laser drilling has shown that the focal
settings, material thicknesses and drilling ambient pressure had a significant effect on the …