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Laser Beam Micro Drilling – a Review

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The recent advances in the manufacturing technology have led to the development of miniature products in the field of automobile, biomedical implants, biomedicine, aerospace and robotics. The literature is filled with work performed by researchers in the field of laser microdrilling. However, as of today, no exclusive review on the state of the art in laser micro drilling is reported. An attempt has been made to summarize the current state of understanding in laser micro drilling. The review begins with the classification of laser micro drilling and development of various modeling approaches. A variety of issues like identification of key process variables, selection of parameter ranges, selection of laser type and work piece combination and cause and effect diagram for various performance parameters are critically analyzed and presented. A statistical analysis of the contribution of various process parameters to the performance variable is reported. An insight into the laser micro drilling and future growth is presented in this article.

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Pattanayak, S., Panda, S. Laser Beam Micro Drilling – a Review. Lasers Manuf. Mater. Process. 5, 366–394 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40516-018-0072-4

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