Devilinajolie - 21-12-2010 at 10:39
Hi everyone i have a question about the CO2 cutting laser ( high power , like 300 watts for example ) and the type of glass they use for the long tube
. what's the best please ? pyrex or quartz ?
Thanks a lot .
User - 21-12-2010 at 13:38
Iam no expert on lasers, so this is pure logic.
Ill assume that the tempertature difference involved in turning on the laser is huge.
If you want to abuse glass in such fashion the most logical step would be to use a material that likes this.
Since quartz is more (read: a lot) tolerant to thermo shocks this would make a sensible choice.
Than again quartz is expensive stuff.
Pyrex is somewhat capable of handling sudden temperature differences.
Still it isnt hard to crack it.
It is a lot cheaper.
Can you or anyone shed some light (hehe) on this ??
[Edited on 21-12-2010 by User]
crazedguy - 21-12-2010 at 15:33
Either go here http://laserpointerforums.com/f43/
and ask big laser forum I am a member but know nothing of CO2 lasers also this would help http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/laserfaq.htm
Devilinajolie - 22-12-2010 at 11:06
Thanks a lot user and crazedguy , that's very interressant