Cool Touch Laser Marking for Delicate Substrates

FOBA’s green laser marking system offers users an increase in marking speed and marking quality on materials that are often unable to be adequately marked. Affected materials include special plastics such as UHMWPE, HDPE and PMMA, potentially making additives no longer necessary. In addition to the plastics, the laser affects glass and shiny substrates. Compared to other laser types such as UV or fiber, FOBA says the green laser shows better marking results, while also achieving better marking speeds.

The application of the green laser marker can be facilitated using FOBA’s laser marking workflow with camera and mark alignment software.

“The optical part inspection and validation of marked contents, as well as the automated and precise positioning of the laser mark, have long been valued by our customers as a reliable and safe workflow solution,” says Philipp Febel, FOBA director of product management. “Our green laser can easily be equipped with various laser alignment tools and works with any of the available FOBA user interfaces.”

The FOBA V.0071-gr and FOBA V.0141-gr green laser marking systems close the gap between UV (355 nm) and fiber (1,064 nm) laser markers, according to the company. It is said the combination of relatively high laser power and a vanadate source enables extended applicability and high speed.

The new marking laser is available with either a 7-W or a 14-W laser power. Its flexibility enables integration into production environments due to a smaller marking unit (compared to the UV laser), a broad range of available interfaces and five possible marking field sizes. FOBA says the green laser vanadate laser source has twice the lifetime of a UV laser source, which minimizes the total cost of ownership.

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