Patent ID: 6518544
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B23K,B44C

Abstract:
A method of material machining of a subject by way of a laser having a machining field, said subject having a surface which is divided into neighboring sections having common borders and overlapping regions which extend on both sides of each said border, said method comprisingpositioning one of said sections of said surface in said machining field of said laser, guiding the laser beam in tracks over said one of said sections, each said track ending in an overlapping region at a transition point in one of said one of said sections and a neighboring section, moving the subject in order to bring said neighboring section of the surface into the machining field of the laser, and guiding the laser beam in tracks over the neighboring section, each said track ending in said overlapping region at a common transition point with one of said tracks of said one of said sections, said transition points being distributed throughout the overlapping region.