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5.3. ResultsofDifferentControlMethods lar, which lead to the same level of heat dissipation rates at different parts of the workpiece. Therefore the hot spots in the central part of theworkpiecewouldbeeliminated,whichhasbeenconfirmedbythe experimental results suchasshowninfigure 5.19. (a) t=5min. (b) t=10min. (c) t=15min. (d) t=20min. Figure5.19. Heatingprocess ( from(a) to (d) )with thesetupof teflonplate. Although the hot spots are removed, there is another problem oc- curred due to the heat dissipation from the teflon plate to the metal table. When the workpiece is heated to a high temperature, the tem- peratureof theteflonplate isalsohigh,whichcausesdeformationson the edges (see figures 5.20). For the central part of the plate, it has di- rectcontactwiththemetal tableandtheheatdissipationrate fromthe 157