The purpose of this Technical Specification is intended to provide a guideline on minimum requirements for acceptance test by using practical test methods for the two dimensional CO2-laser beam machines for welding and cutting, fixing a workpiece on the platen, by using a moving optics. The Technical Specification is not applicable to the machines using an articulated robot.This Technical Specification does not cover hazard protection devices that shall be used with laser machining equipment such as the devices for discharging chips and particles that are generated during welding and cutting.