Laser Beam Machining LBM

Production rates are moderate to high 100 holes/s possible for drilling. Higher material removal rate than conventional machining. 

Material removal rates typically 5 mm /s and cutting speeds 70 mm/s. High power consumption. 

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Rapid production of thin, burr-free components where techniques such as stamping, wire-electrodischarge machining (WEDM), and laser beam machining (LBM) are costly... 

Meijer, ]. (2004) Laser beam machining (LBM), state of the art and new opportunities./. Mater. Process. Tech.,... 

Probably the most widely used of these methods for titanium and titanixim alloys are electrochemical machining (ECM), chemical milHng (CHM), and laser-beam machining (LBM). 

Compared to other micromachining processes such as micro-EDM, micro-USM (Ultrasonic machining), micro-LBM (laser beam machining), and tool-based micromachining, the initial setup as well as mnning cost of EMM is lesser. 

Both in LBM (laser drilling, laser cutting, and laser machining with two beams) and EBM, the specific energy is defined as follows (Ahmadi et al. 2011, 2012 Xu et al. 2003 Thawari et al. 2005) ... 

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