Question

What is the difference between fiber laser and non-fiber laser (focusing on the lasing principle and lasing performance).

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Answer 1

Difference between Fiber and non fiber laser (I.e Co2 laser)

1.A high power Fiber laser cutter is capable of cutting up to 5 times faster than a conventional CO2 laser and utilizes half the operating costs.

2.Fiber laser cutters do not need any warm-up time – typically about 10 minutes per start-up for a CO2 laser.

3.The Fiber laser cutter has no beam path maintenance such as mirror or lens cleaning, bellows checks and beam alignments. This can consume another 4 or 5 hours per week for a CO2 laser.

4.Fiber lasers have a fully sealed Fiber optic beam path both at the power source and at the Fiber delivery to the cutting head. The beam is not subjected to beam path contaminates as is the case with CO2 lasers.

5.Fiber optic beam paths maintain consistent nozzle beam centering.