Why does metal need to be laser cleaned?
There can be many reasons that this process needs to be used on metals, and you’ll find it being used in everything from the aerospace to the food manufacturing industry. It’s used for applications such as:
· Cleaning baking trays
· Preparing metals for welding treatment
· Removing paint from a selected area
· Removing traffic film and dirt from planes, buses, etc.
Specification List
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 | 900 | 890 | 900 | 910 | W | |
4 | Fiber Cable | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | M | |
General Characteristics | 1 | Working temperature range | 0 | / | 60 | ℃ | |
2 | Storage temperature | -10 | / | 60 | ℃ | ||
3 | Laser power | 200 | W | ||||
4 | Peak power | >30KW | KW | ||||
5 | Cooling method | Air Cooling | |||||
6 | Laser level | 4 Class | |||||
7 | Pulse energy | 10mJ | 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 | L647*W440*H859 | mm | ||||
12 | Weight | 70 | kg |
How does the laser cleaning process work?
The laser cleaning process works by having a laser beam, (which using one of our products would be a fiber laser), pulsed at the surface layer of the metal. This metal may have contaminants on it such as mould, paint or rust, and the idea is to clear the surface through this process. This may be out of necessity for the next steps in the manufacturing process, or simply to make the metal more aesthetically pleasing.
The fiber laser beam, which can have both its power, duration, and wavelength controlled, is absorbed by the surface contaminants until they are vaporised, leaving the clean metal beneath. Any substrates which aren’t vaporised will be leftover as particle dust, which can be easily removed by the user.
There will be no thermal, mechanical or chemical strain or damage to your metal, leaving you with a high-quality finish.
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 |