Laser Marking Aluminum

Our fiber laser systems are great for marking metals without thick coatings such as anodized aluminum and stainless steel and provide the ability to mark in white black or engrave.
Laser marking aluminum. Desktop laser engraving machines can be used for marking on wood glass metal or leather depending on the type of laser engraving machine available with you. Laserax developed laser marking solutions for sows ingots billets slab extrusion diecast hot and cold rolls. Metal laser engraving machines. Examples include aluminum anodized aluminum steel stainless steel magnesium lead and zinc.
Depending on the color of the anodized aluminum itself a fiber marking laser can efficiently produce darker marks while a co2 marking system can produce bright engraving with contrast. We like to use our 50 watt lasers for. Metal engraving bits enpoint 60 degree v bits cnc engraving tools with 2 flute straight groove 1 8 in shank 0 1mm tip carbide tipped router bits marking conical carving liner for steel aluminum brass 4 6 out of 5 stars 20. Fiber laser machines are low maintenance use no.
Laser marking h ard anodized aluminum. Fast and affordable co2 lasers can also mark other types of materials such as woods acrylics natural stone and more. Radian laser systems offers several options for engraving metal to meet the customer unique needs. When marking bare metal in a co2 laser a special spray or paste is used to treat the metal prior to engraving.
The heat from the co2 laser bonds the marking agent to the bare metal resulting in a permanent mark. Our fiber laser machines can engrave or mark all types of metals including stainless steel aluminum tool steel brass titanium and much more allowing you to create a variety of mark types in no time. Laser etching aluminum is an efficient means to identify aluminum parts with barcodes 2d codes alphanumeric serial numbers or logos. Laser machines are an ideal technology for marking and engraving on anodized aluminum and can be used with both co2 and fiber systems.
Laser marking hard anodized parts can be challenging and difficult. Laser engrave your barcodes serial numbers text and logos with an epilog laser machine. If you have an aluminum product we have the laser system to mark it. Laser engravers are widely used in the manufacturing industry for laser marking and in some cases laser cutting a material as well.
The anodize will penetrate the substrate as much as it builds up the surface. A coating of hard anodize will be many times thicker than type ii anodize.