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Within the domain of austenitic stainless steel, 316 L stainless steel is widely used in both biomedical and automotive industries due to its superior mechanical properties. In the present research study, the performance of the fiber laser micro-grooving process with regard to kerf width and surface roughness Ra has been analyzed. The process parameters, i.e., laser power (7.5–20 W), pulse frequency (55–80 kHz), and cutting speed (0.5–3 mm/s) are considered to examine the aforesaid responses. The results of the experiments exhibit that the presence of flowing condition of the high-pressure assist air in combination with varying aforesaid process parameters, have a considerable effect on the kerf width characteristics along with the average surface roughness Ra of microgroove cut on 316 L stainless steel.
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The authors would like to express their gratitude toward the assistance and financial support aided by CAS Ph-IV Programme of the Production Engineering Department of Jadavpur University under the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India.
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Sen, A., Doloi, B., Bhattacharyya, B. (2019). Analysis of Fiber Laser Micro-grooving on 316 L Stainless Steel. In: Shunmugam, M., Kanthababu, M. (eds) Advances in Micro and Nano Manufacturing and Surface Engineering. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9425-7_19
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