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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2004
Applicant:
David Gillen, Clontarf, IE;
Inventor:
David Gillen, Clontarf, IE;
Assignee:
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/16 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B32B 27/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/18 (2013.01); B23K 26/16 (2013.01); Y10T 428/265 (2015.01); Y10T 428/31504 (2015.04);
Abstract
A surface of a workpiece () to be laser machined is protected by a surfactant film () form debris () produced during machining with a laser beam () by reducing adherence to the surface of debris produced by the laser machining. The surfactant film is preferably subsequently removed together with debris () deposited thereon.