Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Laser Marking and Laser Engraving- Used in a wide array of industries!

In a growing number of industries, laser marking and laser engraving are becoming more and more important. To laser marking or laser etch your products, the basic reasons include:
# Without destroying the product itself, the mark cannot be removed as it is extremely durable, permanent. This is especially true in applications such as laser marking, laser etching, or laser annealing.
# With very clear sharp results, the laser marking process is accurate, 100% repeatable and fast.
# Without any machine change over, and, without replacing any tools, the laser mark or laser etch can quickly and easily be changed. A simple drag and click computer operation is the changing of a laser marking or laser etch.
# Besides no additional purchases of added materials or supplies, the laser requires no consumables. Therefore virtually non-existent are the operating and maintenance costs of owning and running the laser marking or laser etching system.
From 65mm x 65mm [2.5" x 2.5"] at the smallest size to 356mm x 356mm [14.0" x14.0"] square at the largest, typically the laser marking or laser etching fields created range in size. The laser beam spot size is the next consideration. At the laser marking or laser etching point on the product, this is the size of the focused laser light energy and from approximately 200 micron [micrometers] or .0078" at the smallest to approximately 540 microns or .021" for Co2 lasers, it can vary. From approximately 20 microns or .0007" at the smallest to approximately 70 microns or .0027" at the largest for Nd:YAG lasers, the laser beam spot size ranges. The detailed, clear, permanent marking that is typical of the laser marking or laser etching process is created by these small spot sizes and highly focused laser light energy. Laser engraving and laser etching have become very popularly used applications these days.
Using software, laser markers and laser etchers are controlled besides some other variables such as – Measured in watts, Laser power, frequency, inches per second and many other variables need to be kept in mind for optimum results.
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