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Therefore, the cutting process of CF\/PEEK prepreg tape was studied by an ultraviolet (UV) nanosecond laser. A three-factor, five-level orthogonal experiment was carried out to analyze the influence of laser repetition rate (LRR), laser cutting speed (LCS), and laser scanning times (LCTs) on cutting quality. The ablation mechanism dominated by the photothermal effect between the UV nanosecond laser and CF\/PEEK was analyzed, and the by-products in the cutting process were explored. Finally, the optimal cutting quality (the width of slit (Ws) = 41.69 \u00b1 3.54 \u03bcm, the heat-affected zone (HAZ) = 87.27 \u00b1 7.30 \u03bcm) was obtained under the process conditions of LRR 50 kHz-LCS 50 mm\/s-LCT 16 times. The findings show that the WS and HAZ increase with the increase in LRR and LCT and the decrease in LCS, and the carbon fiber decomposes and escapes due to the photothermal effect.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/mi17010093","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,12]],"date-time":"2026-01-12T10:25:23Z","timestamp":1768213523000},"page":"93","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Precision Cutting of CF\/PEEK by UV Nanosecond Laser for On-Orbit Manufacturing Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Wenqiang","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bing","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Congyi","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e2443102","DOI":"10.1080\/17452759.2024.2443102","article-title":"Additive Manufacturing of Bionic Layered Ceramic-Metal Composites for Enhanced Toughness and Damage Resistance","volume":"20","author":"Wu","year":"2025","journal-title":"Virtual Phys. 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