Laser Marking Plastic

Application Details:

Laser marking on automobile car vent plastic. The plastic air vent was marked using a 20 Watt Q-Switched Fiber Laser with a 160 mm lens. The part was etched using 5 Watts of power, frequency of 20 kHz, speed of 25" per second. The cycle time for the mark was 3.74 seconds. The barcode was made using the same numbers as the codes on the labels supplied with the parts. The code was read well with Symbol DS 3407 Barcode Reader in the lab.

Technology: Q-Switched Fiber Laser
Wattage: 10 Watt
Wavelength: 1060 nm - 1070 nm
Focal Length Lens: 160 mm

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