Richard Rumancik
09-14-2006, 9:43 PM
Several years back Synrad was in the process of preparing a laser reference called "Sealed CO2 Laser Material Processing Technology". Synrad specializes in CO2 lasers - some of you have Synrad tubes in your lasers. (www.synrad.com (http://www.synrad.com))
At that time, I received a draft before publication. Although it looked promising, it was missing several photos, had many TBD's, etc. I enquired recently and was told that it was still unpublished and due to many projects there was no active timeline for publication. I asked if they would send me the latest draft and they did. It seems fairly complete to me and I think it is a valuable reference, even if it might have not had the final proofreading and polishing.
If they get a few enquires maybe they will publish it officially. If you are interested, contact Mr. Bill Stull at Synrad and ask if it would be possible to get a pdf of the Material Processing Technology manual. It is approximately 119 pages and about 1.6 megabytes.
Topics:
Laser Physics
Industrial Lasers (Solid state, ND:YAG, diode, gas lasers: Helium
Neon, Excimer, CO2, CO)
CO2 Laser Construction
Optics: elements, beam characteristics, quality, polarization,
delivery optics, focusing optics
Laser Cutting: mechanisms, cutting non-metals, cutting metals, other
processes
Laser Marking
Other processing technologies (comparison to laser)
Materials suited for laser processing
Optical calculations
Metal cutting setup
Laser Safety
Glossary
Contact:
Bill Stull
Technical Resources Manager
SYNRAD, Inc.
1.425.349.3500, ext. 5005
billst AT synrad.com
I think a few members would find this reference useful.
Richard
At that time, I received a draft before publication. Although it looked promising, it was missing several photos, had many TBD's, etc. I enquired recently and was told that it was still unpublished and due to many projects there was no active timeline for publication. I asked if they would send me the latest draft and they did. It seems fairly complete to me and I think it is a valuable reference, even if it might have not had the final proofreading and polishing.
If they get a few enquires maybe they will publish it officially. If you are interested, contact Mr. Bill Stull at Synrad and ask if it would be possible to get a pdf of the Material Processing Technology manual. It is approximately 119 pages and about 1.6 megabytes.
Topics:
Laser Physics
Industrial Lasers (Solid state, ND:YAG, diode, gas lasers: Helium
Neon, Excimer, CO2, CO)
CO2 Laser Construction
Optics: elements, beam characteristics, quality, polarization,
delivery optics, focusing optics
Laser Cutting: mechanisms, cutting non-metals, cutting metals, other
processes
Laser Marking
Other processing technologies (comparison to laser)
Materials suited for laser processing
Optical calculations
Metal cutting setup
Laser Safety
Glossary
Contact:
Bill Stull
Technical Resources Manager
SYNRAD, Inc.
1.425.349.3500, ext. 5005
billst AT synrad.com
I think a few members would find this reference useful.
Richard