Andy,
I know that Solidiform Inc. has installed recently a 70 mW Liconix
laser, but I don't know how it's behaving with time.
I am somewhat astonished that your Omnichrome lasers last only about 200
hours. We regularly get 5000 - 6000 hours with still 20 - 25 mW power at
the end. Sometimes however we observe sudden death so that you better
have one in spare.
At the Laser 97 in Munich I was looking actively for alternative
suppliers but I wasn't all that successful. You could check with Kimmon
electric Co. in Japan, they specify HeCd lasers up to 102 mW (Model
IK3102R-G)at 325 nm. Their address is: 1-53-2 Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, 173
Japan Phone 3-5248-4811 Fax 3-5248-0021$
Regards,
Paul Bernhard
amessin@zandor.ssd.bna.boeing.com wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if there are any other lasers for the SLA-250 ?
>
> The 40 mW Omnichrome unit that we have seems to last about 2000 hrs.
> At that time it starts loosing power rapidly (less than 25 mW) and the
> build time suffers greatly. The remelt process helps but it never
> returns to the original 32 - 36 mW.
>
> I have heard of a 70 mW (!!!!!?????) Liconix but how reliable is it,
> how dependable is it?, price, service etc.?
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
> Andy Messina
> The Boeing Company
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