Industrial Applications Of Low-Power CO[sub]2[/sub] Lasers

John Post Wheeler

doi:10.1117/12.938908

12 November 1986 Industrial Applications Of Low-Power CO₂ Lasers

John Post Wheeler

Proceedings Volume 0668, Laser Processing: Fundamentals, Applications, and Systems Engineering; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938908
Event: 1986 Quebec Symposium, 1986, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

Until recently, applications of carbon dioxide (CO₂) lasers in industry have primarily used high-power laser systems for cutting and welding. Today, the most rapid growth rate is occuring in applications of small, sealed laser systems to soldering, wirestripping, marking, sealing, degating and slitting of a wide variety of materials. In the future, small CO₂ laser based systems will be in use in shopping centers and department stores, and unit sales will be in the multiple thousands per year.

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John Post Wheeler "Industrial Applications Of Low-Power CO₂ Lasers", Proc. SPIE 0668, Laser Processing: Fundamentals, Applications, and Systems Engineering, (12 November 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938908

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