Marble cutting with cw CO2 laser

Manoj Kumar; A. K. Biswas; K. Srinivas; Ashish Kumar Nath

doi:10.1117/12.205021

3 March 1995 Marble cutting with cw CO₂ laser

Manoj Kumar, A. K. Biswas, K. Srinivas, Ashish Kumar Nath

Proceedings Volume 2374, Novel Applications of Lasers and Pulsed Power; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.205021
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper we present results of marble cutting with high power CO2 laser. The dependence of various parameters such as thickness of marble, laser power, cutting speed, assist gas and its pressure on cutting process was studied. Structural properties of marble like crystal size have been found to affect the cut quality. The average severance energy (P/vt, P = laser power, v = cutting speed, t = thickness) for marble was approximately found to be 9.0 J/mm2. This agrees very closely with the calculated value based on energy balance.

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Manoj Kumar, A. K. Biswas, K. Srinivas, and Ashish Kumar Nath "Marble cutting with cw CO₂ laser", Proc. SPIE 2374, Novel Applications of Lasers and Pulsed Power, (3 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.205021

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