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Costs -manufacturing costs. Every kdnd of laser reactsXstem Electric has many differently with different materials.

lasers at work. A material that's transparent toAnd all are focused on one niatural lght may be opaque to laser

objective: helping the Bel System light, and vice versa. A laser thatbring you the best possile burs thrugh one substance iiy

telecommcatons service at the have ibsolutely no effect on anotherlowest possible cost. Makingany laser an' dustrial

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LighLtigv theto determine not only which laser:- r FY.' is bestfrthejob, but how best to^ ;uapt ~ttot p nponpess.Western Electr gavewtete:laser itsfirst applcaton idustry.

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ing Research Center desighed alwaseroperation tat vaporized. hols Cmp questions ofphysics,thwugh the diamonds used as dies chenstry, talury, electnics

drawing copper wire. It turned and engi eering musta five-day driflingjob into a 90-second beans d and c6orinated.flash. Tbat'swhythere's a full-time

Itmaysound simple, butit laser studies upatourEngiieer-wasn't. There's much more towork- ig Research Center It's the reason

o inga laser than "ready... aun... fire". that kstem Electricnow usesYearsofexhaustive research pre- lasers nt only in drilling, but alsoceded that first laset-drilled diamond. in my other operations.

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Andthese lasers are paying off-with betterprducts manufactuiedfor the Bell System at lbwer costs.

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Electric hasonly begun totap thelaser's potential for telecommuni-cations.

More applications are on theway Andthey will bring mre sav-ings, more and better pmducts madewithnoas g.

Uinlasers to cut costs is justoneivi fromthe EngineeringResearchCenter The Center'sresearch in manufacturing tech-niques is animportant part ofkstemn Electric's total commit-

ment to using the latest and the bestintechnology to keepthe cost ofyour phone service down.

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