Process cycle including laser assisted casting and related system

A method comprising:

• performing laser ablation on a preliminary wax casting model to form a modified wax model of a turbomachinery part including at least one additional feature absent from the preliminary wax casting model,
• wherein the performing of the laser ablation includes applying a pulsed laser to the preliminary wax casting model to directly vaporize a portion of the preliminary wax casting model, forming the at least one additional feature,
• wherein the directly vaporizing includes:
• increasing a local temperature of the portion of the preliminary wax casting model above approximately 500 degrees Celsius;
• and
• maintaining a temperature of an adjacent portion of the preliminary wax casting model below approximately 120 degrees Celsius;
• scanning the modified wax model of the turbomachinery part using an optical trepanning system to image the at least one additional feature after the performing of the laser ablation;
• and
• performing a subsequent laser ablation to the modified wax model based upon the image of the at least one additional feature, wherein the subsequent laser ablation includes a modified laser ablation approach including a modified at least one of:
• laser power, laser focus, laser scanning speed or laser pulse duration, compared with the laser ablation, wherein the pulsed laser includes an ultra-short-pulse laser.