• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.75-91
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• 1997

Laser cutting tests were conducted to investigate the laser cutting characteristics of solid woods such as 25mm-thick white oak(Quercus acutissima) and maple(Acer mono), and wood-based panels such as 15mm-thick medium density fiberboard and particleboard. Test variables were laser power, cutting speed, grain direction, and moisture content. Cutting depths, kerf widths and the maximum cutting speed were measured. Cutting depths were increased as focus of laser beam was moving from above the workpiece to on the surface of workpiece, and also to below the workpiece. Kerf widths were decreased as focus of laser beam was moving from above the workpiece to on the surface of workpiece, but were increased as focus of laser beam was moving from on the surface of workpiece to below the workpiece. Minimum kerf widths were obtained when focus of laser beam was positioned on the surface of workpiece. Cutting depths and kerf widths were decreased with increase in moisture content, and cutting depths and kerf widths of more dense white oak were smaller than those of maple. And also cutting depths and kerf widths of particleboard were smaller than those of medium density fiberboard.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2003

In the gas cutting of plate steel, the quality of the cut surfaces and sections is strongly dependent on the cutting conditions such as cutting speed, kerf width, plate thickness, material, distance between tip and specimen, and cutting oxygen pressure etc. The cutting tests of plate steel were carried out using CNC gas cutting machine. This paper deals with cut surface and section characteristics of plate steel in CNC gas cutting. Both top and bottom widths of kerf, the surface roughness(Ra, Rmax) of cutting surfaces are measured under various cutting conditions such as cutting speed, material, distance between tip and specimen, and cutting thickness. The photographs of cut surface and cut section are also analyzed under various cutting conditions.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2011

레이저가공에서 가공부위의 용융물질을 제거하는 보조가스의 역할을 살펴보기 위하여, 절단경사면에 충돌하는 초음속 동축/탈축노즐 유동의 특성이 실험적으로 관찰되었다. 보조가스의 압력, 노즐과 절단면과의 사이거리, 절단폭, 그리고 탈축노즐의 위치 등 다양한 관계변수의 변화에 대하여, 수백 개의 고해상도의 쉴러린 영상이 획득되었다. 그 결과, 단순한 보조가스의 증가가 절단면 하부에서 발생하는 유동박리를 제거하는데 효율적이지 않음이 관찰되었고, 절단폭의 증가와 탈축노즐의 운용으로 절단면에서의 박리현상을 경감시킬 수 있음이 확인되었다. 또한 음속노즐에 비하여 초음속노즐의 경우는 노즐출구와 가공면 사이의 사이거리가 절단면에서의 박리현상에 큰 영향을 미치지 않음이 관찰되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.865-872
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• 2017

For more than 10 years, the laser process has been studied for dismantling work; however, relatively few research works have addressed the effect of high-power fiber laser cutting for thick sections. Since in the nuclear sector, a significant quantity of thick material is required to be cut, this study aims to improve the reliability of laser cutting for such work and indicates guidelines to optimize the cutting procedure, in particular, nozzle combinations (standoff distance and focus position), to minimize waste material. The results obtained show the performance levels that can be reached with 10 kW fiber lasers, using which it is possible to obtain narrower kerfs than those found in published results obtained with other lasers. Nonetheless, fiber lasers appear to show the same effects as those of $CO_2$ and ND:YAG lasers. Thus, the main factor that affects the kerf width is the focal position, which means that minimum laser spot diameters are advised for smaller kerf widths.