Laser Processing in Manufacturing

✍ Scribed by R. C. Crafer (auth.), R. C. Crafer, P. J. Oakley (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Leaves: 296
Series: Engineering Aspects of Lasers Series
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Lasers are now recognized as practical alternatives to conventional techniques for many industrial applications. After reviewing the basic theory the book provides an insight into equipment technology and applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
An introduction to lasers....Pages 1-18
Background to laser processing....Pages 19-44
Beam transmission systems....Pages 45-65
Pulsed Nd:YAG lasers in manufacturing applications....Pages 67-90
Continuous wave and Q -switched Nd:YAG lasers....Pages 91-114
CO 2 gas lasers: engineering and operation....Pages 115-139
CO 2 industrial laser systems and applications....Pages 141-161
Excimer lasers: principles of operation and equipment....Pages 163-187
Excimer lasers: current and future applications in industry and medicine....Pages 189-271
Practical aspects of laser processing....Pages 273-284
Back Matter....Pages 285-292

✦ Subjects

Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices; Electrical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering

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