Laser Kapton cutting with 10 PLUS PRO laser installed on CNC 3018
Watch a live video of kapton laser processing
Cutting straight lines. Checking no charring effect.
The best laser setting parameters
1) speed 750 mm / min, power 15%, passes 7
2) speed 750 mm / min ,power 20%, passes 3
3) speed 750 mm / min ,power 20%, passes 4
4) speed 750 mm / min, power 20%, passes 3
Checking kapton laser cutting (high resolution 100x digital camera) – no charring or melted edges.
Circuit board on Kapton
How to make your own flexible PCB
Another test with DIY galvoscanner
Our installation
We are using:
– an Endurance 10W DPSS 1064nm laser
– aspherical lens 1064NNLENS F160-110X110 mm
Focal range = 194 mm
Laser parameters for a DIY galvo:
Speed: 45mm/sec
Power: 50%
Loop Count 6
Time for one plate 15 sec.
A circuit
Photo of the best result with galvoscanner