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Glenn Norton
08-08-2019, 10:21 AM
I had a customer who wanted to engrave .003" mark in an aluminum tube. Not sure what type of tubing it was. We have a 50W Epilog Helix laser here that we do just awards work. We don't so anything industrial but I was just wondering if this is something that can be done.

Kev Williams
08-08-2019, 11:28 AM
Assuming your Helix is a C02 laser, it will have no effect whatsoever on aluminum, other than heating it up.

Fiber laser yes, C02 laser no...

Glenn Norton
08-08-2019, 2:12 PM
Yes the Helix is a CO2. I thought that was what I was looking for. Thank you