Introduction to Engineering Lasers
Published in October 1997
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-412-61620-4 (ISBN)
Description
There are few manufacturing industries who do not use lasers at some stage in their production. In spite of this, to many people engineering lasers are an enigma. This text describes how to find and understand the applications at which the laser excels. This book should be of interest to engineers, metallurgists and technical managers in industry.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 line drawings, 40 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-412-61620-4 (9780412616204)
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Content
What is a laser? Why use a laser? What can a laser do? Who is using lasers? Which laser for me? How do I justify using a laser? How does a laser become a machine tool? How do I operate a laser safely? What does the future hold?