Laser cleaning machine introduction:
Laser cleaning is one of the more modern versions of the cleaning process and has rapidly replaced more traditional methods such as dry-ice blasting or media blasting due to the numerous benefits that it provides.
It offers these benefits as it works in a significantly different way to the processes that have preceded it. Furthermore, using a fiber laser as the medium also works in a much different way to other types of cleaning methods. We have explored this in more detail below and explained why laser-based cleaning is the most efficient, safe and cost-effective cleaning solution on the market.
Parameters
Item | L/N | Characteristics | Test Conditions | Min. | Typical | Max. | Unit |
Electrical Characteristics | 1 | Power Voltage | 220 | 210 | 220 | 230 | AC |
2 | Maximum current loss | Pout=Pnom | 4 | 5 | 6 | A | |
3 | Total Power | 400 | 390 | 400 | 410 | W | |
4 | Fiber Cable | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | M | |
General Characteristics | 1 | Working temperature range | 0 | / | 60 | ℃ | |
2 | Storage temperature | -10 | / | 60 | ℃ | ||
3 | Laser power | 50 | W | ||||
4 | Peak power | >10KW | KW | ||||
5 | Cooling method | Air Cooling | |||||
6 | Laser level | 4 Class | |||||
7 | Pulse energy | 1.5mJ | mJ | ||||
8 | Laser wavelength | 1064 | nm | ||||
9 | Preheat time | Reach to start operation | 0 | s | |||
Achieve complete stability | 10 | ||||||
10 | Humidity | 10 | / | 95 | % | ||
11 | Laser machine size | L462*W260*H562 (855mm with pull rod) | mm | ||||
12 | Weight | 30 | kg |
How does laser cleaning work?
The aim of this process is simple; to clean the surface of a material (e.g. metal) that it is working with.
This is done for a number of reasons, such as to remove paint, mould, or to prepare surfaces for treatment. Surfaces can easily gather or contain contaminants such as carbon, rust, and rubber, and laser cleaning offers an efficient and environmentally-friendly way of removing these.
So how does the process actually work? A laser beam is pulsed at the surface of a material, irradiating and vaporising the layer until the desired depth of ablation has been reached. The pulse’s output power and wavelength can be controlled, offering the user a great deal of control when it comes to vaporising a material’s surface with a high degree of accuracy.
How does the vaporisation work? The contaminants that are on the surface layer of the material, such as the rubber or paint, absorb the beam as it is directed at it. The heat of this beam quickly irradiates this material.
Applications:
- Precise de coating of small areas |
- Natural stone cleaning |
- Rust/oxide removal |
- Oil & grease removal/Cleaning oil deposits |
- Paint & plating removal |
- Pre-treatment to enhance adhesive bonding |
- In-line baking plate cleaning |
- Print rollers cleaning |
- Weld seam pre-treatment/Removal preparation welding layers |
- Industrial, military & shipyard - production intensive de-coating |
- Nuclear de-contamination |