Figure 9-13 (b) Future light-based manufacturing will involve modifying
materials' surfaces by using the UV portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Laser processing treatments can give a polymer or fiber product new friction,
filtration, wetting, or visual characteristics. (CEBAF, Newport News, Virginia.).
Figure 9-13 (a),
(c),
(d)
Reproduced by permission of Prentice-Hall, Inc.
From James A. Jacobs & Thomas F. Kilduff's
Engineering Materials Technology, 1997 pg. 636 - 637