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Laser Cutting

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The idea of cutting with light has appealed to many from the first time they burnt paper on a sunny day with the help of a magnifying glass. Cutting centimetre thick steel (Fig. 3.1) with a laser beam is even more fascinating!

“Measure a thousand times and cut once” Old Turkish proverb.

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    William M. Steen (James Bibby Professor of Engineering Manufacture)

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Steen, W.M. (1991). Laser Cutting. In: Laser Material Processing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3820-4_4

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