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Lasers find a wide usage in general industry and engineering, from measurement applications to materials processing. When discussing safety in this context it is useful to refer to the combination of a laser, beam delivery optics, workpiece manipulation equipment and the guarding, fume extraction etc. associated with this integrated system as making up a Laser Processing Machine.
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Green, J.M. (1998). Safety. In: Schuöcker, D. (eds) Handbook of the Eurolaser Academy. Engineering Lasers and Their Applications, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5383-7_7
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