Surface modification
First Claim
1. A method of operating on a workpiece, the method comprising causing relative movement between the workpiece and a power beam in a traverse direction so as to expose a series of locations on the workpiece to the power beam;
- and at each location causing the power beam to move relative to the workpiece in a predetermined manner having a component transverse to the traverse direction, whereby at each location, workpiece material is melted and displaced by the power beam so as to form a cavity or hole.
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Abstract
A method of operating on a workpiece comprises causing relative movement between the workpiece and a power beam in a traverse direction so as to expose a series of locations on the workpiece to the power beam. At each location the power beam is caused to move relative to the workpiece in a predetermined manner having a component transverse to the traverse direction, and workpiece material is melted and displaced by the power beam so as to form a cavity or hole.
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1. A method of operating on a workpiece, the method comprising causing relative movement between the workpiece and a power beam in a traverse direction so as to expose a series of locations on the workpiece to the power beam;
- and at each location causing the power beam to move relative to the workpiece in a predetermined manner having a component transverse to the traverse direction, whereby at each location, workpiece material is melted and displaced by the power beam so as to form a cavity or hole.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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