激光加工技术是利用激光束与物质相互作用的特性对材料(包括金属与非金属)进行切割、焊接、表面处理、激光打孔机价格、微加工以及做为光源，识别物体等的一门技术，传统应用最大的领域为激光加工技术。激光技术是涉及到光、机、电、材料及检测等多门学科的一门综合技术，传统上看，它的研究范围一般可分为：

1. Laser processing system. Includes a laser source, beam delivery system, machining machine tool, control system, and inspection system.

2. Laser processing technologies. Includes laser cutting, welding, surface treatment, drilling, pricing for laser drilling machines, scribing, and trimming.

激光焊接：汽车车身厚薄板、汽车零件、锂电池、心脏起搏器、密封继电器等密封器件以及各种不允许焊接污染和变形的器件。目前使用的激光器有YAG激光器，CO2激光器和半导体泵浦激光器。

激光切割：汽车行业、计算机、电气机壳、木刀模业、各种金属零件和特殊材料的切割、圆形锯片、压克力、弹簧垫片、2mm以下的电子机件用铜板、一些金属网板、钢管、镀锡铁板、镀亚铅钢板、磷青铜、电木板、薄铝合金、石英玻璃、硅橡胶、1mm以下氧化铝陶瓷片、航天工业使用的钛合金等等。使用激光器有YAG激光器和CO2激光器。

Laser Marking: Widely used across various materials and nearly all industries. Current laser sources include YAG, CO2, and semiconductor-pumped lasers.

Laser Drilling Machine Price: Laser drilling is mainly applied in aerospace, automotive manufacturing, electronic instrumentation, chemical industry, and other sectors. The rapid advancement of laser drilling is reflected in the significant increase in the average output power of YAG lasers used for drilling—from 400W 5 years ago to 800W–1000W today. In China, mature laser drilling machine pricing currently applies to the production of synthetic and natural diamond wire drawing dies, as well as gemstone bearings for watches and instruments, aircraft blades, and multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs). The most commonly used laser types include YAG and CO₂ lasers, along with some excimer lasers, isotopic lasers, and semiconductor-pumped lasers.

激光热处理：在汽车工业中应用广泛，如缸套、曲轴、活塞环、换向器、齿轮等零部件的热处理，同时在航空航天、机床行业和其它机械行业也应用广泛。我国的激光热处理应用远比国外广泛得多。目前使用的激光器多以YAG激光器，CO2激光器为主。

Laser Rapid Prototyping: Combines laser processing, computer numerical control (CNC), and flexible manufacturing technologies. Widely used in mold and model industries. Current systems primarily utilize YAG or CO2 lasers.

Laser Cladding: Widely used in aerospace, mold making, and electromechanical industries. Current systems primarily employ high-power YAG and CO2 lasers.

二、激光加工技术及产业发展研究开发的重点

Current priorities in the research and development of laser processing technology and industry can be summarized as: laser drilling machine prices.

(1) Next-Generation Industrial Laser Research: Currently in a Phase of Technological Advancement, Marked by the Development and Application of Diode-Pumped All-Solid-State Lasers

(2)激光微细加工的应用研究。

(3)激光加工用大功率CO2和固体激光器及准分子激光器的机型研究，开发和研制专用配套的激光加工机床，提高激光器产品在生产线上稳定运行的周期。

(4)加工系统智能化，系统集成不仅是加工本身，而是带有实时检测、反馈处理，随着专家系统的建立，加工系统智能化已成为必然的发展趋势。

(5) Establish methods for detecting laser processing equipment parameters and conduct methodological research.

(6) Laser Cutting Technology Research. Conduct secondary development and industrialization of existing laser cutting systems to deliver high-performance, cost-effective 2-3 axis CNC CO2 cutting machines.

(7)激光焊接技术研究。开展激光焊接工艺及材料、焊接工艺对设备要求及焊接过程参数监测和控制技术研究，从而掌握普通钢材、有色金属及特殊钢材的焊接工艺。

(8)激光表面处理技术研究。开展CAD/CAM技术、激光表面处理工艺、材料性能及激光表面处理工艺参数监测和控制研究，使激光表面处理工艺能较大幅度地应用于生产。

(9)激光加工光束质量及加工外围装置研究。研究各种激光加工工艺对激光光束的质量要求、激光光束和加工质量监控技术，光学系统及加工头设计和研制。

(10)开展激光加工工艺技术研究，重点是材料表面改性和热处理方面的研究和推广应用;开展激光快速 成形技术的应用研究，拓宽激光应用领域。

3. Laser technology is the foundation of optoelectronics and its industry, poised to replace and drive the traditional electronics sector.

In the 21th century, the knowledge economy will dominate, and vigorously developing high-tech industries is an inevitable choice to welcome this new era. Globally, the fastest-growing and most widely applied high-tech field recognized by industry experts is optoelectronics, which will become a pillar industry of the 21st century. Among optoelectronic technologies, laser technology serves as a foundational component. Scientific forecasts predict that by 2005, the output value of the optoelectronics industry will match that of the electronics sector; by 2010, the information industry led by optoelectronic information technology will reach a scale of 5 trillion USD; and between 2010 and 2015, optoelectronics may surpass traditional electronics. Optoelectronics will drive another revolution in human science and technology following the microelectronics era.