Patent ID: 8785811

Claim:
A method for scoring or cutting a moving web to produce discreet scores or cuts in the web, the web moving in a machine direction, the method comprising: providing the moving web at a selected speed; generating a laser beam having a focal point positioned to provide either a score or cut in the web; moving the focal point of the laser beam at a speed less than the selected speed for a selected distance thereby producing a discreet score or cut in the web; repositioning the focal point to form another discreet score or cut once the prior discreet score or cut is formed and moving the repositioned focal point at a speed less than the selected speed for another selected distance; repeating the step of repositioning to form a plurality of discreet scores or cuts in the web; and wherein the laser beam is generated using less power than would be needed to produce a substantially similar discreet score or cut if the focal point were stationary as the web is moved at the selected speed.