Timeline for Heating metal with laser?
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| Dec 10, 2013 at 14:14 | comment | added | Luke Burgess | Yeh, I don't think I understood your goal. I was talking about industrial lasers for manufacturing. Why would anyone want to use a laser to make metal glow if they can just use an arch welder. If the goal is simply to make metal glow, I would not recommend using a laser, but if you had to, then a CO2 laser would be a good option. | |
| Dec 10, 2013 at 6:35 | comment | added | AxtII | Well in that case, lasers are fast methods of heating metals super fast? I mean, if it can cut it that fast, certainly it can heat it up very quickly to the point where it glows. | |
| Dec 10, 2013 at 5:39 | comment | added | Luke Burgess | Yes, it will cut with precision. And it does not have to melt it, so the heat is used efficiently. Basically the metal in most cases will simply be warm to the touch afterward, not hot. | |
| Dec 10, 2013 at 4:55 | comment | added | AxtII | Laser can cut throw metal that easily? With low amounts of power that's remarkable. To think if it can cut throw the metal certainly it can heat it up super fast correct? | |
| Dec 10, 2013 at 1:55 | comment | added | Luke Burgess | The material I was talking about was the material to be cut. No material is used up other than the material cut, unless you include the wear and tear of time on the laser device. BTW: You probably want a solid state laser over a CO2 laser, but that all depends on what you plan to do, and how much you want to pay. Just saying a CO2 laser is like a light-bulb, a solid state laser is like a diode, which one do you think will last? | |
| Dec 10, 2013 at 1:42 | comment | added | AxtII | Ah a material is used, which explains it. There was a metal cutter that uses 150W, I saw that impossible that amount of power able to cut iron?! However, it seems that the CO2 played a role here. | |
| Dec 9, 2013 at 20:31 | history | answered | Luke Burgess | CC BY-SA 3.0 |