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Thread: Anyone know if a C02 or Fiber will etch polyester film? (Hello, Sheldrake?) :)

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    Anyone know if a C02 or Fiber will etch polyester film? (Hello, Sheldrake?) :)

    One of my customers used to run an awards shop, he's moved on to a swag marketing and fulfillment place with no engraving machinery, so I get some pretty good jobs from him sometimes. His latest need is engraved polyester film 'cards', or at least they look like cards (credit card-ish sized)... Getting some sample stock may take a few days, so just wondering if it's worth pursuing...
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    ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
    FOUR - CO2 lasers
    THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
    ONE - vinyl cutter
    CASmate, Corel, Gravostyle


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    Darren Wilson

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    Roland LEF-200 UV Printer
    Wisely/JPT 60W MOPA

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    Thanks Darren-- I checked out the XT website, best I can tell a 'basic' fiber like mine marked that card... As to my customer, I never got any sample stock so that went nowhere anyway, and I had nothing to test, so still no clue about fiber lasering polyester...

    The card in that video went black, so could be a MOPA doing it. Te vid states "PVC"- Unless that card is "treated" PVC or some sort of material blend, not sure how it went black-? a non-MOPA fiber will turn "normal" PVC gray, a C02 will turn it a rust-brown color. A fiber will turn polycarbonate black, but it doesn't do so as 'gently' as that card in the video, polycarb actually boils and fries under the beam...
    ========================================
    ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
    FOUR - CO2 lasers
    THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
    ONE - vinyl cutter
    CASmate, Corel, Gravostyle


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