Dear List,
I saw this thread and wondered if anyone would like to share
typical/maximum lives of their SOLID STATE lasers. Thanks in advance!
Gabe
>Eric,
>Since 1991 I have seen lasers last anywhere from 50 to 3000 hrs. I have yet to
>experience a laser making it past the 3000 hr barrier.
>Melles or Omnichrome, I'd say pretty much the same. I have been told that my
>power supply killed my last laser (800 hrs) ..... who knows, same power supply
>and another laser now at 1900 hrs!
>Regards,
>William LeBlanc, ing.
>Concept + Inc.
>leblanw@concept-plus.com
>www.concept-plus.com
>>> Eric King <lzrdude@earthlink.net> 09/15 6:03 PM >>>
>Dear List,
>We have seen over the past couple of years, the HeCd lifetimes slowly
>decreasing, over several different applications - other than SLA. They
>used to run for 8-10 hours typically. Now we are currently seeing them
>fade in power starting at 2-3,000 hours.
>Can any of the SLA-250 users please help us help confirm,or deny this ?
>It has seemed that ever since Melles aquired Liconix, and Omnichrome,
>that quality has been placed lower on the priority list, than quantity.
>Of the last 3 Omnichrome series 74 lasers that we have seen,
>on the SLA-250's, they died at:
>1,163 hours
> 253 hours
> 116 hours
>These lasers came straight from the box. Shipped from Melles,
>to our customer's site. (Which also took too many weeks !!)
>Thank you for your help, & looking forward to all of your replies.
>Eric King
>sla-250@laserinnovations.com
-- Gabriel S. Clark PH. (801)328-8220 Rapid Prototype Manager FAX (801)328-8619 Solid Design & Analysis gabe.clark@sdaa.com 165 Wright Brothers Drive www.sdaa.com Salt Lake City, UT 84116For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
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