Laser Etching Tools
With the advent of modern laser etching technology, a number of new processes have come to light. Varying in terms of cost and speed, these machines have something to offer any size company or manufacturing site. Whether being used to etch silicon packaging or even fine jewelry, laser etching offers the highest image fidelity and resolution currently possible.
Most laser etching machines come in one of three different forms. All three forms have two basic components, the laser and the worktable. The worktable serves as the service on which you place or attach the object to be etched, and the laser is the component which actually does the physical etching. The first category of these machines is one which uses galvanized mirrors to direct and focus the strength of the laser beam. Neither the workspace nor the laser beam move during the process, instead it is the mirrors which move along the X and Y-axis to create your design. Since the mirrors are what move this type of machine offers the highest versatility, in that it can print in both raster and vector formats.
The second type of machine is one in which the workspace remains stationary and the laser moves along the X and Y axis, etching in a vector format. The third type is very similar, in that the workspace does not move but the laser rotates around the cylinder on which the object is mounted. The laser travels in a helix up and down the cylinder, utilizing a raster format to etch its design on the face of the object to be etched.
In terms of versatility, the type with the movable series of mirrors is by far capable of the highest level of quality and can produce its etched materials in record time.
