Laser-based Technologies for Sustainable Manufacturing

Avinash Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, Avinash Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Abhishek Kumar

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032392738
• eBook ISBN: 9781000907971
• Topic: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Subtopic: Maschinen- und Anlagebau

This book provides scientific and technological insights on novel techniques of design and manufacturing using laser technologies. It showcases applications of laser micromachining in the biomedical industry, laser-based manufacturing processes in aerospace engineering, and high-precision laser-cutting in the home appliance sector.

Features:

• Each chapter discusses a specific engineering problem and showcases its numerical, and experimental solution
• Provides scientific and technological insights on novel routes of design and manufacturing using laser technologies
• Synergizes exploration related to the various properties and functionalities through extensive theoretical and numerical modeling
• Highlights current issues, developments, and constraints in additive manufacturing
• Discusses applications of laser cutting machines in the manufacturing industry and laser micromachining for the biomedical industry

The text discusses optical, and laser-based green manufacturing technologies and their application in diverse engineering fields including mechanical, electrical, biomedical, and computer. It further covers sustainability issues in laser-based manufacturing technologies and the development of laser-based ultra-precision manufacturing techniques. The text also discusses the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in laser-based manufacturing techniques. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and researchers in fields including mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, and production engineering.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Aim and Scope
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Editors
• Contributors
• 1 Introduction to Optics and Laser-Based Manufacturing Technologies
• 2 Physics of Laser–Matter Interaction in Laser-Based Manufacturing
• 3 Current Issues, Developments, and Constraints in Additive Manufacturing
• 4 Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing
• 5 Prospects of AI and ML in Laser-Based Manufacturing Technologies
• 6 Application of Laser Technology in the Mechanical and Machine Manufacturing Industry
• 7 Application of Laser-Based Manufacturing Processes for Aerospace Applications
• 8 Laser Micromachining in Biomedical Industry
• 9 Effect of Laser Surface Melting on Atmospheric Plasma Sprayed High-Entropy Alloy Coatings
• 10 Laser Processing Technologies in Electronic and MEMS Packaging for Advancement of Industry 4.0
• Index