Modern fiber lasers differ from other industrial laser sources by their brightness, stability, and flexibility. Also fiber laser systems are a widespread used in the manufacturing industry because of their efficiency, reliability quality and quite low laser cost of operation that make it possible for machines to cut, weld, mark, and micromachine materials.
All the industrial fiber lasers are distinguished by their unique properties that include a sealed optical cavity and a single-mode, guided-wave medium. It should be mentioned that modern fiber laser systems have an absolutely sealed optical path that is non-sensitive to environmental contamination; moreover, it remains optically aligned and doesn’t require an adjustment. Also fiber laser systems have either in-fiber or hermetically fiber-coupled internal components.
Nevertheless, all the higher-power fiber lasers combine several single-mode modules into high-brightness delivery fiber in fused fiber combiners. Such a union of the waveguiding of a single-mode laser and the fully sealed optical cavity guaranties a reliable laser design that is fixed and measured during the manufacturing and has minimal change over time and temperature. Sealed pump diodes and unbreakable fiber technology allow creating fiber laser systems that can be used in production for several years without any settings or degradation.
The choice between fiber laser and disk laser sources depends on commercial considerations of service and support, and, of course, added-value features. Nowadays the main problem of fusing glass are resolved by fiber laser manufacturers and it is able to withstand the intensity that melts or ablates different metals, while disk laser manufacturers create the precision optical-mechanical-thermal design with the aim to make stable high-brightness output.
The fields of fiber laser application:
- High-speed remote welding. At the present time laser welding is more preferable than ultrasonic and resistance welding because of the productivity and weld strength qualities.
- Materials processing. The brightness, stability, and flexibility of fiber laser systems designs enable new materials processing use, even including on-the-fly settings or adaptation of the process to changes in materials in production.
Fiber lasers become an ideal solution for manufacturing because they have high beam quality and do not require any adjustment or maintenance.
Optromix is a fast-growing manufacturer and a vendor of fiber lasers, optical fiber sensors, and optical monitoring systems. The company offers fast turnkey solutions and is able to create sophisticated fiber laser systems for special purposes. Optromix uses only its own technologies based on the advanced research work and patents of international R&D team and develops a broad variety of high beam quality fiber lasers. If you have any questions or would like to purchase a fiber laser system, please contact us at info@optromix.com