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 Post subject: Can lasers cut and polish at the same time?
PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:08 pm 
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i remember reading one time that the russians had developed a laser process that could both cut and polish at the same time. Anyone know anything about that?

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jleb wrote:
i remember reading one time that the russians had developed a laser process that could both cut and polish at the same time. Anyone know anything about that?


I know that a Russian company uses a hydrogen plasma process for making diamond blades. I am aware that an ultrafast laser can cut and produce a burnished finish on diamond, but that has been known for a few years. I don't think any Russians have developed anything better than that which is economical, or they would be using it in production, right?

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