I have created these diagrams of two types of Co2 flowing gas lasers for your private use to view and consider and as an educational tool. If you wish to use these images in a scholastic project you are welcome to, however I ask that you please provide credit to myself, Jon Caywood, for the image.
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Complex Co2 Laser Layout Diagram
Simple Co2 Laser Layout Diagram
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Hay would you be able to provide me with a bit of technical information about how these individual components play a part in the creation of the beam(i.e. the chiller, vacuum pump, gas, blower). The more information the better. Any good links would be great too. I would be very appreciative. Thank You!
it’s nice
I appreciate the simple layout. Given you had all the materials how long does it take you to assemble a working prototype?
Thanks
Not very long but it depends on the complexity of your system and how much experience you have with these kind of projects.
If you’re new to it you’re likely to have issues with the ‘little details’ on the gas and water system, if you have more experience you’ll already know how to put a gas and water system together right the first time.
If you’re building your Co2 laser tube from scratch the time frame goes way up tho!
A really cheap/fast way to go these days is to buy garbage sealed Co2 laser tubes from China via eBay($200-$300) that will last a few hundred hours and only require the high voltage and water cooling or do yourself better and buy a good quality Co2 tube ($1000+) that will last a lot longer.
Co2 Laser Diagrams
need help
hello
i am glad to have this enough information about this topic
but something in my mind to ask you ,
the gas we are using, is it circulating through vacume pump or its
going waste after vacuming ?
The gas from the laser is vented. To re-use it you would need a gas processing plant or something along those lines, certainly not in the range of the home hobbyist
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