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News Release from: Electrox | Subject: CO2 laser marking machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 August 2005
CO2 laser marking machine introduced
CO2 laser marking machine is particularly well suited to efficiently and quickly marking a range of materials such as wood, glass, rubber, plastics and leather and is ideal for PCBs.
Electrox, one of only a handful of true laser marking machine manufacturers, has launched an all-new CO2 laser marking machine to complement its existing range of diode pumped Nd:YAG laser machines It is particularly well suited to efficiently and quickly marking a range of materials such as wood, glass, rubber, plastics and leather and is ideal for printed circuit boards
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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This puts the laser into infrared.
The effect of this is that, because many materials which look translucent to the eye can be completely opaque to infrared light, materials which are difficult or even impossible to mark with more traditional laser systems can be marked using CO2, for instance glass and paper.
The CO2 laser is pulsed by the cw power being turned on and off, giving a maximum peak power the same as the maximum average power.
The competitively priced Electrox CO2 laser marker is offered as a maintenance-free sealed unit and benefits from Electrox's extensive experience in the design and manufacture of proven industrial laser machines.
Ensuring a permanent, clean, safe and versatile mark, the system has USB communications, a galvo beam scanning system, DSP Galvo drives and a range of scan lenses which, along with all the electronics and the software, have been developed in-house by Electrox engineers.
The control console allows control of the laser and the ability to select previously downloaded marking files.
The unit has an LCD display which shows the status of the laser and comprehensive diagnostics.
All optical components are mounted on a single rigid rail which is enclosed to be fully sealed against the ingress of dust.
Air cooling is fully integrated.
Electrox uses a completely sealed, air cooled CO2 laser source which gives high reliability and virtually zero maintenance for the lifetime of the laser.
CO2 lasers are very efficient at converting electrical power into laser power, giving the advantage that there is less waste to be disposed of.
No water cooling is required at this power level, obviating the need for a chiller and permitting a very small laser package.
This both saves space and also reduces the heat load into the local environment as well as reducing the number of moving parts and thus increasing reliability.
The easy to learn and use Electrox V3 software is compatible with all current versions of Windows and can import a wide range of graphic file formats, generate bar codes, two dimensional codes and data codes as well as perform automatic serialisation, conduct merges with data from external sources and control up to four axis of motion.
The software has been developed internally by Electrox engineers and is proven in over 2,000 applications world-wide.
Managing director of Electrox, Howard Moore, said: "The focus of Electrox is, and always has been, the development of user-friendly, affordable laser marking systems for a wide range of industries, including plastics, metal, ceramic and glass".
"The addition of the new CO2 laser ensures that we can meet the needs of an even wider range of customers and can offer an even greater choice of system". Request a free brochure from Electrox ...
"It will be of great benefit to many of our existing users as well as to companies we were previously unable to service.".
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