Electron beam machining is a machining process that uses the vapourisation of workpiece material by a stream of electrons emitted from a suitably heated electrode-cathode under vacuum conditions. In the case of welding, the contact area of the workpieces to be joined is molten by the heat generated by bombarding them in a vacuum with a concentrated beam of high-energy electrons.
Electron beam machining
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