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Selecting a New Tube for a Laser Cutting and Engraving Machine

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Since its invention in the early 1960s, the laser has become an increasingly common presence in everyday life. Early on, lasers of various kinds were typically found only in research laboratories and other exotic settings. Today, they crop up everywhere from the insides of optical disc players to hand-held pointers that produce beams rated at milliwatts of power. Lasers have also become increasingly important to small businesses of many kinds. When endowed with enough power, laser beams can be used to cut or engrave a wide range of materials and items in highly accurate, controllable fashions. Most such machines that small businesses buy today are based on sealed glass laser tubes that enable the characteristic phenomenon of lasing. There are a variety of significant ways by which one CO2 laser tube can differ from others. Glass Tubes for Laser Machines Look Similar but Differ in Important Ways Most tubes with glass housings look generally the same, but this similarity can be dec