抄録
Nd: YAG-laser-based materials processing has found remarkable acceptance inproductiontoday. Nd: YAG lasers are well suited to be incorporated to realize flexible manufacturing systems due to their flexibility in operation and variety in output performance. This paper brieflyreviews present activities to extend the fields of application for materials processing, such asmarking, trimming, welding and cutting with emphasis on the state of the arts ofthe advanced Nd: YAG lasers and various modern beam handling technologies.
