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5. ExperimentalResults teflonplatetothemetaltableishigh. Butforthecornersandtheedges, due to the deformations there is no contact as well as heat exchange between the teflon plate and the metal table. The different heat dis- sipation effects between the central and other parts of the workpiece leadtothecoldarea inthecentralandhotareas inthecornersandthe edges. Thisphenomenonexistsduringtheentireheatingprocess,and it isalsonotcompensatableusingdifferentcontrolmethods. Good contact Deformation Figure5.20. Deformationof the teflonplate (nocontactbetweentheplateand metal table). Based on above observations, a simple and straightforward way to maintainagoodcontrollabilityofthesystemistoreducethesizeofthe heated workpiece. The disturbance caused by different heat conduc- tion effects of the tool is less severe for a small-tool setup, compared with the case in figure 5.17. As a result, the corresponding tempera- ture distribution of the workpiece can be controlled using aforemen- tioned control methods. Therefore a smaller setup, where the surface areas of both the workpiece and the aluminum plate are reduced into approximately0.5m×0.5m, isused in followingexperiments. 158