MALLAREDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

LASER BEAM MACHINING

Presented by
E.SAIPAVAN
19Q91A0370
CONTENT

• Introduction
• What is laser?
• Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission
• Light Amplification
• Ruby laser and its Working
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Applications
INTRODUCTION
• Laser beam machining is one of the non-traditional machining process.
• Based on thermoelectric energy.
• Laser beam machining is conversion of electrical energy into light
energy and then into thermal energy.
 WHAT IS LASER?

• Laser stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

• Laser is a device that generates an intense beam of coherent monochromatic
light by stimulated emission of photons from excited atoms.

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ABSORPTION EMISSION
SPONTANEOUS EMISSION STIMULATED EMISSION
LIGHT AMPLIFICATION
RUBY LASER AND ITS WORKING
• Ruby is a type of solid state laser.
• The principle of this laser beam machining is melting and vaporization.
• Power supply is given to flash lamp consist of xenon, which gives light
to the ruby crystal.
• Laser is stimulated and emitted by the ruby crystal.
• Resonant cavity is useful for enhancing the light amplification.
• Laser is focused by the lens on the workpiece.
• High temperature can be produced.
• Then the metal is melted and vaporized.
ADVANTAGES
• No tooling cost.
• Heat affected zone is very small.
• High surface finish.
• Suitable for all metals.
• No force acts on the workpiece.
• Metals and nonmetals can be machined.
DISADVANTAGES
• Safety hazards
• Low rate of metal removal rate.
• Not able to drill, the deep holes.
• High capital and maintenance cost.
APPLICATIONS
• Spectroscopic sciences.
• Electronics
• Aerospace industries
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