02844oam 22005414a 450 991100666100332120230828215321.01-62104-032-11-61344-964-X(CKB)3190000000025017(MH)014262576-0(EXLCZ)99319000000002501720030711d2004 uy 0engtxtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierLaser cutting guide for manufacturing /Charles L. Caristan[electronic resource]Dearborn, MI Society of Manufacturing Engineersc20041 online resource (xx, 447 p. )ill. ;0-87263-686-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.1.Overview of laser-cutting applications --2.Market for laser cutting --3.Materials --4.Machines --5.Methods --6.Man --7.Measurement --8.Mother Nature --9.Quality --10.Productivity --11.Profitability --12.Safety and environment --13.The six-sigma approach --App. A.Basics of lasers --App. B.Laser-beam propagation --App. C.Nozzle gas dynamics."Laser Cutting Guide for Manufacturing presents practical information and troubleshooting and design tools from a quality manufacturing perspective. Equally applicable to small shops as it is to large fabricator companies, this guide is a roadmap for developing, implementing, operating, and maintaining a laser-cutting manufacturing enterprise. The book focuses on metal cutting of sheets, plates, tubes, and 3-D shaped stampings. It presents today's reality of the engineering and business challenges, and opportunities presented by the rapid penetration cutting in all facets of industry."--BOOK JACKET.Laser beam cuttingCarbon dioxide lasersIndustrial applicationsCarbon dioxide lasersIndustrial applicationsfastLaser beam cuttingfastLaser beam cutting.Carbon dioxide lasersIndustrial applications.Carbon dioxide lasersIndustrial applications.Laser beam cutting.671.3/5Caristan Charles L1822164DLCDLCBAKERBTCTAYDXCPILUOCLCFOCLCOMJOBOOK9911006661003321Laser cutting guide for manufacturing4388243UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress