One for Independence day: American flag via 400-W laser

July 2, 2012
JK Lasers tells us they celebrated the Fourth by ablating a special message using a 400-W, single-mode continuous wave fiber laser and scan head. The red-and-blue-anodised aluminium plates are 1-mm thick and were ablated at a scan speed of 3m per second ...

JK Lasers tells us they celebrated the Fourth by ablating a special message using a 400-W, single-mode continuous wave fiber laser and scan head. The red-and-blue-anodised aluminium plates are 1-mm thick and were ablated at a scan speed of 3m per second (1 pass).

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Lee Teschler | Editor

Leland was Editor-in-Chief of Machine Design. He has 34 years of Service and holds a B.S. Engineering from the University of Michigan, a B.S. Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan;, and a MBA from Cleveland State University. Prior to joining Penton, Lee worked as a Communications design engineer for the U.S. Government.

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