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The first practical demonstration of a laser device was in 1960, and in the following years the high-power carbon dioxide laser matured as an industrial machine tool.
Modern carbon dioxide gas lasers can be used for cutting, welding, heat treatment, drilling, scribing and marking. Since their invention over 25 years ago they are now becoming recognized as highly reliable devices capable of achieving huge savings in production costs in many situations.
This chapter introduces the basic laser processing techniques of cutting, welding and heat treatment as they apply to the most common engineering materials, reviews system and nozzle features, and describes a number of actual systems in some detail.
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Williams, C. (1993). CO2 industrial laser systems and applications. In: Crafer, R.C., Oakley, P.J. (eds) Laser Processing in Manufacturing. Engineering Aspects of Lasers Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1570-4_7
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