Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):
R. Pospichal, G. Liedl:
"Laser Processing Of Non-Woven Fabrics";
Talk: Management of Technology - Step to Sustainable Production: MOTSP2013,
Novi Vinodolski, Croatia;
05-29-2013
- 05-31-2013; in: "MOTSP 2013 - Conference Proceedings",
Croatian Association for PLM,
Zagreb, Croatia
(2013),
ISSN: 1848-9591;
Paper ID 169,
8 pages.
English abstract:
Importance of product-lifecycle-management (PLM) increased in production engineering during the last years. Environmental as well as economic constraints account for intensified efforts in recycling and
substitution of non-environmental friendly products. For example, Polyurethane (PU) foams should be replaced with non-woven fabrics. Unfortunately, unlike foams, such non-woven fabrics exhibit limited
possibilities in molding operations. Material removal by means of laser processing offers a possibility in a partial replacement of difficult moldings. Experiments of CO2-laser processing of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are presented. Laser parameters like beam shape, intensity distribution and process gases have been
varied to optimise results.
Keywords:
laser processing, non-woven fabrics, beam forming, recycling
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