Slag capture and removal during laser cutting

Patent · 08 May 1984

OSTI ID:864997

Brown, Clyde O ^[1]

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1. Newington, CT

Molten metal removed from a workpiece in a laser cutting operation is blown away from the cutting point by a gas jet and collected on an electromagnet.

• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4447701
• Application Number: 06/343,609
• OSTI ID: 864997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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