Cutting by a high power laser at a long distance without an assist gas for dismantling

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 307-315

  Tahmouch, G ^a   Meyrueis, P ^a   Grandjean, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Laser dismantling; Lasers (Nd: YAG); Lasers cutting; Optical fibres; Sheet steel

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION OF GASES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; STEEL SHEET;

HIGH POWER LASER BEAM; LASER DISMANTLING PROCESS;

LASER BEAM CUTTING;

EID: 0031221143     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0030-3992(97)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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