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Video showing disc lasers for glass cutting

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Process: Disc lasers for glass cutting


Industrial sector: general industrial


Material: most industrial glass, typical thickness 0.3 – 10mm


Other notes: Multiple Laser Beam Absorption is an innovative means of laser cutting glass. A reflector is used to retransmit the ~1um wavelength beam repeatedly through the glass to create a thermal stress. The beam is used to propagate an initiated crack through the glass in the shape desired. The result is a ‘zero kerf’ clean, polished cut.

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