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What is the Minimum Size for Fiber Laser Marking machine, L3?





Fiber Laser Marking Machine, MAGIC™-L3 

A fiber laser marking machine that can mark 

and cut on a variety of materials, such as metal. 






If the MAGIC™-L3 can make precise marks, how small can you make them? 

We tested this question!  







Prior to testing the MAGIC™-L3 marking,

we prepared a toothpick for visual comparison when marking. 







Measure the thickness of the toothpick first.

This is about 1.6 millimeters. 







Create a drawing using MagicEngrave-Laser, a dedicated drawing program. 

Let's create a toolpass with “Redt” as the text. 







Create a “Scan Line” toolpath in the upper right corner to convert the text.



 



As a first marking test, let's resize a toolpath of the text we've written

to a thickness of 2 millimeters and mark it. 






Since fiber lasers don't mark well on non-metallic materials,

let's try laser marking a thin 85mm X 55mm plate made of aluminum. 

Prepare the aluminum plate by positioning the laser pointer to mark the work area. 







When you are ready to proceed with the laser marking operation,

press the “Start” button to start marking. 







We have finished laser marking the 2mm size as shown in the image above. 







You can see that a 1.6mm toothpick is more than enough coverage. 







Next, we'll laser mark at 1.5 mm, a 0.5 mm size reduction. 







You can see that a size of 1.5 mm is sufficient for marking. 




Left is 1.5 mm, Right is 2 mm 



This is what it looks like when you mark two sizes of text. 





1 mm laser marking 



I tried marking at 1.0 mm, which is another 0.5 mm smaller. 







I've tried laser marking down to 0.5mm. 




0.5 mm laser marking 



At 0.5mm, it's hard to see with the naked eye, so we'll use an electron microscope to check. 







0.5 mm in size, confirmed by electron microscopy 

 We used an electron microscope to look at the 0.5 millimeter fiber laser-marked writing. 

It's not always easy to see with the naked eye, but when checked under an electron microscope, you can see that the inner circle in the “e” area is also well marked. 







The versatile fiber laser marking machine MAGIC™-L3 can produce text as small as 0.5 mm with precision. 


If you'd like to see a video of the above in action, click the play button below! 





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