High-speed cutting of thin materials with a Q-switched laser in a water-jet vs. conventional laser cutting with a free running laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4977, Issue , 2003, Pages 70-74

  Wagner, Frank R ^a   Boillat, Christophe ^a   Buchilly, Jean Marie ^a   Spiegel, Akos ^b   Vago, Nandor ^b   Richerzhagen, Bernold ^a  

^a Synova SA   (Switzerland)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

1064 nm; Free running laser; Laser cutting; Metal foil; Pulse length; Q switched laser; Stencils

Indexed keywords

HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; METAL FOIL; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; REFLECTION;

FREE RUNNING LASER; STENCIL MASK CUTTING; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION;

LASER BEAM CUTTING;

EID: 0344430221     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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