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cutting thin Teflon on Thunder Laser
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:50 pm
by kobin
Does anyone have experience cutting Teflon on a CO2 laser? I'm curious if there's enough fluorine gas produced during the cutting process to damage the laser mirrors.
Thanks!!
Re: cutting thin Teflon on Thunder Laser
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:10 am
by LINUS
Hi kobin,
Laser cut Teflon no harm to laser mirrors,but PTFE Toxicosis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_fume_fever
Re: cutting thin Teflon on Thunder Laser
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:20 am
by kobin
Ok thanks for the advice!