[sudo-discuss] giant laser for the robot

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Cool! Do you have a model number on there somewhere?

I assume this will be an IR laser if it's a diode array. So if we get a
safety curtain, we'll need one that can block both UV from the plasma
cutter, and IR from the laser. Ditto for safety goggles. I assume that's
feasible, although likely a little harder than protecting against just one
of those.

Patrik

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> I forgot to include this link:
>
> http://www.idacontrol.com/articles.php?nid=10
>
> and a picture of the laser:
>
> http://i.imgur.com/eXwf7Lo.jpg
>
> I looked it up and to put out 75 watts of laser power, we should probably
> feed in about 187 watts, or 2.5 times as much DC power in.  That means we
> need 112 watts of cooling with the liquid path.
>
> we can put sonar sensors on the front of the laser so we can pre-focus it
> by distance while preparing works to be cut.
>
> -jake
>
>
> On Wed, 11 May 2016, Jake wrote:
>
> we got a giant laser for the robot.  This will allow it to cut things
>> precisely for us, even if they're really large.
>>
>> of course to do this we'll have a safety interlock to prevent use by
>> untrained people, and we'll have a safety curtain or folding wall to deploy
>> around the robot while the laser is enabled, so nobody can accidentally see
>> the light coming from it.
>>
>> I don't know the wavelength of the laser, but it's a giant laser diode
>> array with a lens on the end, and it has a water cooling jacket, and i
>> think i was told it's a 75 watt laser.  we do have a way to power it.
>>
>> if anyone wants to get involved with playing with this, please let me
>> know. I think we could get it to the point where it could cut through some
>> serious stuff, and the extremely large work area of the robot is a big deal.
>>
>> -jake
>>
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