NAME Laser equipment

DESCRIPTION

CIDETEC´s laser equipment allows the surface of a plastic or a metal material to be textured or to reduce the surface roughness, up to 60%, in specific areas of parts that require a specific surface finish different from the rest of the piece. - CO2 laser (30W) (Easy Mark) - Green laser (7W) (TruMark 3220) - Nd: YAG laser (25W) (Rofin, Power line E25) - UV Laser (5W) (TruMark 6350) This asset is completed with: • Equipment for the evaluation of surface roughness • Equipment for additional surface characterization (thermography, corrosion, wettability, brightness, mass loss, changes in geometry of the piece, etc.)

FIELDS OF APPLICATION

Coatings and Surfaces solutions

Design and development of materials

Materials and processes in Circular Economy

MOST OUTSTANDING EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS

  • CO2 nanosecond Laser

    CO2 nanosecond Laser with a maximum power of 30 W and a focal lens f80 that allow processing areas of 53x53 mm. The equipment works in pulsed mode with a beam size of approximately 100 microns under focusing conditions. Aquisition year: 2011

  • Equipment for the evaluation of surface roughness

    Equipment for the evaluation of surface roughness (contact profilometer, confocal microscope, AFM) and equipment for additional surface characterization (thermography, wettability, brightness, weight loss, changes in geometry of the piece, corrosion, etc.). Currently at CIDETEC, acquired at different times

  • Green nanosecond laser

    Green nanosecond laser with a maximum power of 7 W and a focal lens f160 that allow to process areas of 110x100 mm. The equipment works in pulsed mode with a beam size of approximately 30 microns under focusing conditions. Aquisition year: 2011

  • IR nanosecond laser

    IR nanosecond laser with 25 W of maximum power and two focal lenses (f160 and f300) that allow processing areas of 120x120 mm and 240x240 mm. The equipment can work either in pulsed or continuous mode. The approximate beam size in focusing conditions is 40 microns and 70 microns, depending on the focal lens. This equipment is also equipped with software that allows focusing the laser beam over a high range of heights (Fast Focusing Module). It also has a rotary axis of parts. Aquisition year: 2010

  • Nanosecond UV Laser

    Nanosecond UV Laser with 25 W of maximum power and a focal lens f160 that allow processing areas of 80x80 mm. The equipment works in pulsed mode with a beam size of approximately 35 microns in focusing conditions. Aquisition year: 2011

SERVICES OFFERED BY THE ASSET

Surface modification by laser treatments of different materials (metallic, polymeric…)

Roughness control of selective areas of metallic and plastic parts for aesthetic and functional purposes. - Customer type: • Product developers • Parts manufacturers • Finished piece suppliers Various sectors: aeronautics, automotive, biomedical, machine tool etc.

ENTITY MANAGING THE ASSET

ENTITY MANAGING THE ASSET
CIDETEC
Contact person:
Patricia López Ruiz
plopez@cidetec.es