Laser Turning for Contactless Processing

Turning is among the oldest manufacturing processes, having been developed in the Middle Ages and adapted in multiple ways over centuries. Turning is still used to produce components for nearly every industrial sector, but often it takes producers to the technical limits of their process technology, particularly with small and very small components. Tool wear, tool life, machining forces, and the heat affected zone became a limiting factor.

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