Nd:YAG laser cutting of advanced ceramics

F. Quintero; Juan Pou; F. Lusquinos; M. Boutinguiza; R. Soto; Mariano Perez-Amor

doi:10.1117/12.437083

14 August 2001 Nd:YAG laser cutting of advanced ceramics

F. Quintero, Juan Pou, F. Lusquinos, M. Boutinguiza, R. Soto, Mariano Perez-Amor

Proceedings Volume 4419, 4th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 7th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.437083
Event: IV Iberoamerican Meeting of Optics and the VII Latin American Meeting of Optics, Lasers and Their Applications, 2001, Tandil, Argentina

Abstract

The manufacturing of elements made of advance ceramics is done traditionally by the use of diamond coated tools. The inherent properties of those materials such as very high hardness and brittleness, made machining a very hard work; being noisy, powdery and unsafe for the worker. Thus, there is a need to introduce new processing methods in order to improve the working conditions and also the quality of the products. In this paper we present the result of the work carried out to investigate the possibilities of an optical fiber guided Nd:YAG laser to cut mullite-alumina plates. We used a 500 W pulsed Nd:YAG laser to perform different experiments in which the influence of the average laser power and the assist gas pressure on the maximum cutting speed was studied.

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F. Quintero, Juan Pou, F. Lusquinos, M. Boutinguiza, R. Soto, and Mariano Perez-Amor "Nd:YAG laser cutting of advanced ceramics", Proc. SPIE 4419, 4th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 7th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, (14 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.437083

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