Cutting/Drilling Lasers
Laser cutting and drilling is a process in which q-switched lasers are used to thermally ablate material to form holes and cuts in metal and plastic parts. In both laser cutting and drilling the primary objective is to remove material, and as such, the vaporized material must be allowed to outgas, so that is don’t interfere with the process allowing for precise cuts. This is typically accomplished through combining a focused gas jet with the cutting/drilling lasers to prevent vaporized material from building up inside of the “cut” which could result in unwanted localized heating and thermal lensing. Laser drilling has the added benefit of making it possible to machine very small, blind, unusually shaped, high aspect ratio and precisely tapered holes into all types of materials. By employing cutting/drilling lasers, manufacturers can increase throughput with less setup time for switching out tooling and an increase in quality and process versatility. On this page, you will find a list of all of the cutting/drilling lasers we offer ranging from high power q-switched fiber lasers to high pulse energy flashlamp pumped laser systems.
To see a full list of other applications RPMC lasers are used for please check out our applications page by clicking here.
Picture | Part Number | Type | Output power (W) | Mode | Output | Linewidth | Pulse energy (uJ) | Pulse width | Rep rate |
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Jenlas Fiber ns 25-105 | Pulsed DPSS Lasers, Pulsed Fiber Lasers | 20.0, 30.0, 55.0, 100.0 | 700.0, 1000.0, 1100.0 | 125ns | 30kHz to 80kHz, 50kHz to 100kHz, 100kHz to 200kHz | ||||
Onda 266nm | Pulsed DPSS Lasers | 0.800 | 80.0 | 2ns - 6ns | Single shot to 1kHz, Single shot to 50kHz | ||||
Onda 355nm | Pulsed DPSS Lasers | 0.300 | 150.0 | 3ns | Single shot to 2kHz | ||||
RPKBDL-CW1000-E400 | Turn-Key System | 500.0, 1000.0 | Multimode | MM Fiber | |||||
RPKDS3-LC 445nm Fiber Coupled Blue Diode Laser System | Turn-Key System | 120.0, 200.0, 250.0 | Multimode | MM Fiber | |||||
Wedge-HB/XB 266 | Pulsed DPSS Lasers | 0.300, 0.500 | 150.0, 500.0 | 1.5ns, 1.8ns | Single shot to 2kHz | ||||
Wedge-HB/XB 355 | Pulsed DPSS Lasers | 0.400, 0.600 | 200.0, 600.0 | 1.2ns, 1.5ns | Single shot to 1kHz, Single shot to 2kHz | ||||
Wedge-HF/XF 266 | Pulsed DPSS Lasers | 0.050, 0.180 | 5.0, 15.0 | 400ps - 700ps, 500ps - 1ns | 10kHz to 50kHz | ||||
Wedge-HF/XF 355 | Pulsed DPSS Lasers | 0.800 | 40.0 | 500ps - 1ns | 10kHz to 50kHz |