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This short video shows the results of initial trials at TWI on underwater laser cutting, conducted in the LaserSnake2 project. The laser used in this work had a power of 5kW and its beam, at 1 micron wavelength, was transmitted to the cutting head through a flexible optical fibre. The best cutting results were achieved when a small housing, situated at the base of the cutting head and surrounding the laser beam delivery system, was pressurised with air to locally remove the water from the region of the cut. In the video, the brush seal on the base of this housing can just be seen, at the top of the images, as the cutting head moves over the part being severed. Materials, thicknesses and cutting speeds are captioned in the video.
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