Additive manufacturing processes, such as Laser Manufacturing (LAM), has become increasingly established in metal-processing industry offering versatile possibilities for producing individualized components or lightweight structures. LAM machines offer ecological and economical potentials due to comparatively low power material demand. In general, (AM), been considered an alternative the tradit...

Recent research and development in laser machining and laser forming processes is reviewed. In the laser machining area, striation formation and prediction, and gas jet workpiece interactions are discussed. In the laser forming area, strain rate effects, and convex forming are presented.

The excimer laser machining has been widely applied to micromachining of various materials. An excimer laser dragging process to ablate a groove pattern on a polycarbonate (PC) sheet through a mask opening is analyzed in this paper. Currently, a large number of papers studying the interaction between the laser machining parameters and various materials are presented. However, the prediction of ...

The effects of femtosecond laser machining on surface characteristics and subsurface microstructure of a Nitinol alloy were studied. The femtosecond laser machining produced an average surface roughness of 0.2 μm. A re-deposited layer of 7 μm and a hardened layer of 70 μm were also resulted from the machining.