Method and apparatus for ablating holes in an article

Abstract

A method of laser ablation of one or more holes in an article includes a step of establishing an ablation characteristic. The ablation characteristic is a laser characteristic, a working zone characteristic, a cooling hole characteristic, or a synchronized machine motion characteristic. A creating step creates a laser path plan for a laser beam based on the established ablation characteristic for a first working zone and a second working zone of the article. An ablating step ablates the first working zone with a first ablation characteristic and afterwards ablates the second working zone with a second ablation characteristic which is different from the first ablation characteristic.

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