CO2 laser machining of wood, perspex and glass （二氧化碳激光加工的木材、有机玻璃和玻璃）.pdf

International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology Vol. 2 No. 2; February 2015 CO laser machining of wood, perspex and glass with and without use of 2 assist gas Wairimu G., Ikua B.W. and Kioni P.N. Abstract—In this paper, we investigate the effect of CO2 laser These microcracks and oil residual lead to lowered strength machining on wood, perspex and glass. These materials are very and pollution of the glass sheets respectively. If the glass has important due to their wide applications and thus there is need to machine them as desired. Glass is a hard, optically transparent and to be bent or tempered, further grinding, polishing and used for a variety of purposes such as eyewear, bottles, windows and washing processes become necessary. Most types of glass are even certain types of furniture. Perspex is the clear, light weighted, prone to thermal shock and are therefore laser is generally not hard and thick plastic, widely used for watch glasses, advertising suitable for cutting. The instantaneous heat of the laser beam signs, domestic baths, motorboat windscreens, aircraft canopies, and protective shields. To eliminate the possibility of the CO2 light being provides cutting action by both vaporization and the blowing diffused by dirt/dust particles on the surface of these materials being away of molten glass from the cut zone [1]. experimented on, thorough cleaning of the surfaces is done and these specimens left to dry before use. A continuous wave (cw) CO2 laser There are many parameters which influence laser machining beam with an esti