Ua hoʻolālā ʻia kā mākou mīkini ʻoki laser paipu e ʻoki i nā paipu metala me nā ʻano like ʻole, me ka poepoe, huinahā, huinahā, oval, a me nā ʻaoʻao me nā ʻāpana kea hāmama like ʻole (E.g. I-beam, H, L, T, a me U cross-sections). ʻO ka pahuhopu o nā hoʻonā laser paipu e hoʻonui i ka huahana, ka maʻalahi a me ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoki ʻana o nā paipu a me nā ʻaoʻao e hoʻopau ana me ka ʻoki laser fiber pololei.
He ʻokoʻa nā noi o nā paipu a me nā ʻaoʻao i hana ʻia me ka laser, mai ka ʻoihana kaʻa, ka ʻenekinia mīkini, ke kūkulu hale, ka hoʻolālā lako hale a hiki i ka ʻoihana petrochemical, a pēlā aku. Hāʻawi ka ʻoki ʻana i nā paipu a me nā ʻaoʻao i kahi laulā hana ākea no nā ʻāpana metala a hāʻawi i nā hiki ke hoʻolālā maʻalahi a kū hoʻokahi.