Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Laser Engraving

W-e-e-l-l-l-l, since I've never heard of NdYAg, I'd bet that NdYAG is the
'real' laser. But, this discussion might be starting to become O.T. on this
list.

RayHex

-----Original Message-----
Date: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:35 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Laser Engraving

>hmmm which do you think it might be?
>
>
>--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Raymond Heckert" <jnr@a...>
>wrote:
>>
>> I'm thinking you mean a NdYAG, as in Neodymium Yttrium Aluminum-Garnet.
>> Unless you made a mistaken case-shift, a NdYAg would be thought of
>as being
>> constructed from a 'doped' crystal alloyed from Neodymium Yttrium
>Silver,
>> but AFIK, there's no such animal used in Lasers.
>>
>> RayHex
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Date: Sunday, November 06, 2005 7:33 AM
>> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Laser Engraving
>>
>>
>> >
>> >For a Constant Wave (non pulsed) 1024nM NdYAg laser you would need
>> >about a 50watt to get a good mark (brown) - That is going to require a
>> >huge power supply and support equipment.