Removing material

Introduced: January 2000

Last revised: January 2014

Full Title

Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring > Removing material

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Subclass:: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

Scope Notes

Limiting references: for creating voids inside the workpiece, e.g. for forming flow passages of flow patterns with laser beam entering a face of the workpiece form which it is transmitted through the workpiece material to work on a different workpiece face Laser assisted chemical etching | Application references: Processing photosensitive materials by stripping Ablation for laser recording Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits

4 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B23K 26/361 for deburring or mechanical trimming
B23K 26/362 Laser etching
B23K 26/38 by boring or cutting
B23K 26/4 taking account of the properties of the material involved