Laser Air Assist Nozzle

How does air assisted laser cutting work.

Laser air assist nozzle. I address some common questions and misconceptions about installing it on the stock k40 gantry. Greatly reduces the need to mask the surface to be engraved. Rather the process includes the injection of an assist gas at the nozzle to supplement the process. Copper nozzles for laser cutting with compressed air for laser cutting with compressed air on the sp500 there are additional copper nozzles with a hole diameter of 1 7mm for the short nozzles.

The first and most obvious way to install an air assist into your k40 laser engraver would be to purchase a premade nozzle for your laser lens with a built air assist port from a manufacturer. Ver 1 0 ver 2 0 fully open source. Revolutionairassist nozzle is the best air assist for your epilog laser. Ultimate air assist upgrade for co2 laser ruida 644x controllers cnc co2 laser machine.

Super easy to install. This is a nozzle to hold your lens with built in air assist bad air assist too. A full video guide of how to make your own air nozzle at home or at your workshop. I believe the air nozzle would be a boon with much higher air pressures but is actually a detractor with the popular fish tank pump.

The air assist did not provide any changes to the performance of my laser and was actually a little worse when compared to the pair of airlines i rigged up from a 70l min fish pump. Posted in endurance lasers. Here are three things that you should know about air assisted cutting. Due to the extremely small diameter the airflow is directed into the kerf in an even more targeted manner.

It consists of two 3d printed parts. It is made for 33x33 mm laser modules with a focusing ring of 16 mm. The cut kerf is narrower and the cut edges of material are much cleaner. A housing and a focusing wheel.

This is why air assist nozzles literally sucks some chinese manufacturer thought it was a good idea to add theese nozzles to our smaller 40 watt machines they looked at the big boys industry lasers and noticed the nozzle without understanding why they had a nozzle. Neither fiber nor co 2 lasers rely strictly on a light beam for cutting metal. Print this item without support. It can be mounted to the laser module without having to disassemble anything.

40x40mm version available here this is a collinear air assist for diode laser modules. News updates tagged 3d printer 3d printer accessory 3d printer add on 3d printer attachment 3d printer upgrade air assist air cmopressor air nozzle control board an endurance laser air nozzle.