It can be mainly used to cut some non-metallic materials, such as paper, bamboo and wood products, acrylic, rubber, etc. Cutting thickness depends on the actual cutting speed and cutting quality. Generally, the slower the cutting speed, the thicker the cutting, but there will be fusion edges at the cutting edge. Theoretically, a 25W laser tube has a low power and a small light spot, making it suitable for carving rather than cutting. To cut materials, it is necessary to use higher power CO2 glass laser tubes, such as 80W, 100W, 130W, and 150W CO2 laser tubes.
Laser is the core of laser equipment, and its type and quality directly determine the quality of laser processing equipment. Especially in the field of small and medium-sized power laser equipment manufacturing, CO2 gas lasers are the most widely used lasers. Currently, the mainstream applications are mainly glass tube sealed off CO2 lasers and CO2 RF metal lasers.
Disadvantages of glass tube sealed off CO2 lasers
Although the traditional glass tube sealed off CO2 laser is relatively inexpensive, its high failure rate, short lifetime, large volume, poor beam mode (thick slit), slow light output response speed, and inability to output light at low power (poor power adjustability, and significant differences in the processing effects of the same power laser on different materials) are not only increasingly difficult to meet production and processing requirements, but also restrict its long-term development.
For example, in terms of service life, glass tube sealed CO2 lasers typically have a service life of around 6000 hours, and may affect production due to failures. In terms of usage cost, the glass tube sealed CO2 laser costs about 1 yuan per hour. In addition, it is also a consumable product. The longer the usage time, the higher the relative cost. With the gradual improvement of production requirements, this type of laser has become increasingly difficult to meet the needs of industrial production.
SPT Specter T Series CO2 Glass Laser
advantage
CO2 RF metal lasers are one of the fastest growing technologies in the industrial laser market in recent years, and are considered the best alternative to glass tube sealed off CO2 lasers.
It adopts an all-metal structure, featuring small size, fully enclosed, compact device, sealed off operation, maintenance free, low use cost, excellent modulation characteristics, high output beam quality (more than three times finer than glass tubes), high injection power density, low operating voltage, easily adjustable output power, excellent power stability, and high operational reliability. More importantly, CO2 RF metal lasers also have advantages such as long service life (typically over 20000 hours), low maintenance costs, and can be reused after inflation without the need for replacement.
In addition, among various types of industrial lasers, CO2 lasers have the lowest output cost per watt and higher plug efficiency, ranging from 10% to 12%. Their applications include high-speed cutting, engraving, and welding of flexible materials, non-metallic solid materials, and metal materials. These advantages make CO2 RF metal lasers very suitable for industrial continuous production.