| This application is another example of how a customer's problem was solved by the combination of laser and conventional machining. The problem was that the bottom surface had to be extremely flat. Conventional machining would have genereated too much heat causing the bottom to deform. New Tech's solution was to make the bottom out of two pieces of stock, and cut a hole in the top section which provided the recess in which the bar stock would be inserted. The laser welded the two flat pieces to form the bottom and welded the bar stock into the recess. The bar stock was turned and milled by conventional machining methods. |  |