Metal Cutting and Welding Using Next Generation Industrial Fiber Laser Sources
nLIGHT has developed the next generation alta™ industrial fiber laser platform to overcome limitations of previous fiber laser designs, providing unmatched performance and uptime and enabling emerging applications in several industries.
nLIGHT alta™ fiber laser sources are designed for advanced industrial metal cutting and welding applications. Available at power levels from 500 W to 8 kW, nLIGHT alta™ incorporates significant improvements over other commercially available fiber lasers:
Stable processing of polished stainless steel, aluminum, brass, and copper: nLIGHT alta™ fiber lasers incorporate a proprietary back-reflection isolator that protects all modules from back- reflections generated by the workpiece. Where legacy fiber lasers are vulnerable to back reflection damage or the process is interrupted by software interlocks, nLIGHT fiber lasers uniquely enable stable and uninterrupted full-power processing of highly reflective materials, including copper, gold, silver, and highly polished metals.
Highest uptime with the lowest cost of ownership: nLIGHT’s alta™ proprietary fiber laser design enables tool integrators or end users to manage maintenance and service, which results in higher machine uptime, lower cost of ownership, and a greatly improved customer experience.
Improved cutting and welding performance: nLIGHT alta™ provides a modulation rate up to 100 kHz and rise and fall time of less than 5 µs, more than 10x faster than legacy fiber lasers. Enabled by next generation electronics and pump diodes, these capabilities allow faster piercing, faster processing of fine features, and better processing quality through minimal heat affected zone.  |
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