CO2 Laser Cutting

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. The Basic Principles

   • John Powell

   Pages 1-22

3. Laser Cutting Steels

   • John Powell

   Pages 23-70

4. Cutting Non-ferrous Metals

   • John Powell

   Pages 71-90

5. Cutting Non-metals

   • John Powell

   Pages 91-115

6. Setting Up for Cutting

   • John Powell

   Pages 117-152

7. Troubleshooting

   • John Powell

   Pages 153-164

8. Safety Guidelines

   • John Powell

   Pages 165-172

9. Alternative Cutting Methods

   • John Powell

   Pages 173-187

10. The Physics and Design of CO2 Lasers

    • John Powell

    Pages 189-203

11. Some Aspects of the Physics and Chemistry of Laser Cutting

    • John Powell

    Pages 205-229

12. Bibliography and Further Reading

    • John Powell

    Pages 231-238

13. Back Matter

    Pages 239-246

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CO2 Laser Cutting explains and describes how engineering materials are cut using a CO2 laser. Information is given on the cutting of metals and non metals on a wide range of levels from practical advice and processing parameters to explanations of the physical and chemical reactions which take place in the cut zone. In an effort to make the book as readable and informative as possible the subject is treated in a descriptive rather than a mathematical way. The benefit of CO2 Laser Cutting is twofold as it gives practical advice to the operator and technical advice to the researchers or scientist.

• Aluminium
• CO2 laser
• Metals
• Non-metals
• ceramics
• composite
• cutting
• laser
• metal
• polymers

• Laser Expertise Limited, Unit H, Nottingham, UK

  John Powell

• Dept. of Materials Processing, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden

  John Powell

• Engineering Academy of St. Petersburg, Russia

  John Powell