OPTIMIZATION OF CO2 LASER PARAMETERS FOR WOOD CUTTIOPTIMIZATION OF CO2 LASER PARAMETERS FOR WOOD CUTTING

Authors

  • Lyubomir Lazov Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Faculty of Engineering (LV)
  • Pavels Narica Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Faculty of Engineering (LV)
  • Janis Valiniks Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Faculty of Engineering (LV)
  • Antons Pacejs Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Faculty of Engineering (LV)
  • Hristina Deneva Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Faculty of Engineering (LV)
  • Dainis Klavins Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Faculty of Engineering (LV)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2017vol3.2624

Keywords:

CO2 laser, laser cutting, laser parameters optimization, wood

Abstract

By taking advantage of the best characteristics of wood, modern production methods can offer hard wearing and ecological solutions in industrial construction, house building, machinery construction, furniture manufacturing, transport and many other industries. Laser cutting process is an alternative choice to prepare the final shape of wood parts. Materials like wood have good laser light absorption of wavelength 10600 nm. In this paper a CO2 laser system with a maximum continuous-wave output power of 150 W is described and used in studying laser cutting process of wood materials. Cut depth is evaluated with variation of values of laser power and cutting speed. Additionally, optimal values of parameters for laser cutting of different wood plate thicknesses are determined and graphs are created showing the results.

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Published

2017-06-15

Issue

Vol. 3 (2017): Environment. Technology. Resources. Proceedings of the 11th International Scientific and Practical Conference. Volume 3

Section

Engineering Sciences and Production Technologies

How to Cite

[1]
L. Lazov, P. Narica, J. Valiniks, A. Pacejs, H. Deneva, and D. Klavins, “OPTIMIZATION OF CO2 LASER PARAMETERS FOR WOOD CUTTIOPTIMIZATION OF CO2 LASER PARAMETERS FOR WOOD CUTTING”, ETR, vol. 3, pp. 168–173, Jun. 2017, doi: 10.17770/etr2017vol3.2624.