The fast rise of laser cutting"s popularity in the world market indicates it can no longer be considered a high-tech science reserved for a few specialists. Laser Cutting Guide for Manufacturing presents practical information and troubleshooting and design tools from a quality manufacturing perspective. Equally applicable to small shops as it is to large fabricator companies, this guide is a roadmap for developing, implementing, operating, and maintaining a laser-cutting manufacturing enterprise. The book focuses on metal cutting of sheets, plates, tubes, and 3-D shaped stampings.It presents today"s reality of the engineering and business challenges, and opportunities presented by the rapid penetration of laser cutting in all facets of industry.