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Volume 69, Issue 1
1 February 1997
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Review Article| February 01 1997

CO2 laser processing ‐ an overview Available to Purchase

Chris Williams
Chris Williams
Sales Manager, Howden Laser Division, Dundee, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-4213
Print ISSN: 1748-8842
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1997
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal (1997) 69 (1): 43–52.
https://doi.org/10.1108/00022669710161658

Looks at the various applications of the CO2 gas laser in industrial material processing. Describes how the CO2 laser beam interacts with particular materials and highlights the laser system configuration, system characteristics and attributes. Details CO2 laser cutting, welding and surface modification and briefly touches on some emerging aerospace application areas.

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Aerospace industry, Lasers, Welding
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1997
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