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This book presents selected research papers of the AIMTDR 2014 conference on application of laser technology for various manufacturing processes such as cutting, forming, welding, sintering, cladding and micro-machining. State-of-the-art of these technologies in terms of numerical modeling, experimental studies and industrial case studies are presented. This book will enrich the knowledge of budding technocrats, graduate students of mechanical and manufacturing engineering, and researchers working in this area.

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Chapter 1. A Simple Analytical Model of Laser Bending Process.- Chapter 2. Laser Forming of Mild Steel Sheets Using Different Surface Coatings.- Chapter 3. Finite Element Simulations of Laser Bending of Small Sized Sheets.- Chapter 4. Numerical and Experimental Studies on Pulsed Laser Forming of Sheet Metal.- Chapter 5. Experimental Studies on TGM and BM Dominated Curvilinear Laser Bending of Aluminium Alloy Sheets.- Chapter 6. Mathematical Formulation For Development of Compound Curve Surface By Laser Line Heating.- Chapter 7. Surface Alloying of Aluminium with Copper Using CO 2 Laser.- Chapter 8. Effect of Pulsed Nd: Yag Laser Parameters in Preplaced TiC Coating on Aluminium Substrate.- Chapter 9. Finite Element Simulation of Laser Cladding for Tool Steel Repair.- Chapter 10. Excimer Laser Micromachining and its Applications.- Chapter 11. Laser Induced Micro-machining and Preliminary Experiments on Manufacturing of Micro-channel on Mild Steel.- Chapter 12. Fabrication of Micro Lens Array by Excimer Laser Micromachining.- Chapter 13. Studies on CO 2 Laser Micromachining on PMMA to Fabricate Micro Channel for Microfluidic Applications.- Chapter 14. Energy Based Analysis of Laser Micro-channelling Process on Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA).- Chapter 15. Fiber Laser Micro-machining of Ti-6al-4v.- Chapter 16. Nd:Yag Laser Marking on Zirconia Ceramic.- Chapter 17. Nd:Yag Laser Micro drilling of Sic-30BN Nano-composite: Experimental Study and Process Optimization.- Chapter 18. Pulsed Nd:Yag Laser Micro-Turning Process of Alumina Ceramics.- Chapter 19. A Literature Review on CO 2 Laser Welding.- Chapter 20. Fiber Laser Welding in a Controlled Inert Gas Atmosphere: An Experimental & Numerical Investigation.- Chapter 21. A 3-D Finite Element Analysis of Transient Temperature Profile of Laser Welded Ti-6al-4v Alloy.- Chapter 22. Selective Laser Sintering: A Case Study of Tungsten Carbide and Cobalt Powder Sintering by Pulsed Nd:Yag Laser.

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Dr. Shrikrishna N. Joshi has completed his doctoral studies in the area of "Intelligent modeling and optimization of electric discharge machining process" from IIT Bombay in the year 2009. Since then he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. His research interests are Micro-machining and Micro-bending using Lasers; Computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM); Manufacturing process modeling and optimization; and Mechatronics. He is guiding five PhD students those who are working on various research areas such as laser bending, laser induced plasma micro-machining, thin-wall milling and single point diamond turning. Dr. Joshi has about 25 papers published in international journals and conferences of national/international reputes.

Dr. U.S. Dixit obtained a bachelor´s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Roorkee (now Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) in 1987, an M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in 1993, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1998. A Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Dr. Dixit has published numerous papers and five books. He has also edited a book on Metal Forming, guest-edited a number of special journal issues, and is an associate editor for the Journal of Institution of Engineers Series C.

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