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Lasers are widely used in industry as thermal processing tool due to its precision of operation, local treatment, fast processing, and low cost. One of the laser thermal processing methods is the laser forming and welding of sheet metals. The process is involved with high intensity beam interaction with the solid surface while resulting in phase change in the irradiated region. Although laser forming differs slightly from the welding, the process is almost the same in terms of heating and microstructure formation.
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Yilbas, B.S., Akhtar, S., Shuja, S.Z. (2013). Introduction to Laser Forming and Welding Processes. In: Laser Forming and Welding Processes. Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00981-0_1
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