Jewelry manufacturing lasers

D. A. Goodrich, 1997. Nd YAG laser engraving of jewehy. In Proceedings of the Santa Fe Symposium on Jewelry Manufacturing Technology, ed. D. SchneUer, 313-338. Albuquerque, NM Met-Chem Research. 

The advent of RP/SFF technology, adapted to meet the needs of the jewelry industry, is having a substantial impact. It has also developed into a RM (Rapid Manufacturing) approach, for example, by use of direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) of powders (see later) [83,84]. 

Manufacture of jewelry, where several component parts are laser-welded to form the complete piece. Upmarket gem-set rings may be made from several component castings, for example, as this enables all surfaces, including internal ones, to be polished and the ring gem-set even prior to assembly. 

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