What Kind of Laser is This? - Atomstack A20 Pro 1064nm
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- In this video I test out the Atomstack A20 Pro which looks kind of like a diode laser but it's not!
The AtomStack A20/K1 Pro is the world's first professional 1064nm 20W fiber laser engraver, designed for high-speed, fine engraving and cutting across a variety of materials, including metals, plastics, leather, ceramics, and rock. It offers ultra-fast precision with speeds up to 400mm/s, cutting capabilities for thin metals (up to 0.05mm, thick), and advanced features like power failure resume engraving, rust removal, and relief engraving. The A20 has a working area of 400x400 which is larger than most galvo fiber lasers!
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African Swallows aren't migratory. You get a lot of use out of a 20W laser. Liked.
Thank you!
they could have slapped a galvo head on the gantry to quickly scan small stuff but with the benefit of extending the working area
“You start to care about strange stuff as you get older.” Yep, can confirm. Even the part about birds. Yesterday I was walking with my daughter around her college campus, heard a weird bird, and moments later I was tromping across a field with Cornell’s “BirdNET” app to identify it. (Woodhouse’s scrub jay, BTW.)
I use Merlin Bird ID by Cornell. It's been hit or miss when it comes to identifying birds. I'll tell it the primary colors and then it's suggesting birds that are NOT those colors. 🤣
Set your business card on either piece of copper or a wet paper towel.. Works for me.. also help slow down the change of color in thin stainless..
Thanks for the advice! I'll give that a try.
Monty Python "In Search of the Holy Grail".
"What do you mean? An African or European swallow?"
@@LetsMakeAThing I don't know, AAAARGH
I have an AtomStack diode laser with the same frame and controller but an older laser head. It works well but I don’t use it frequently because of the light danger and smoke. If I had a closed-frame one with an air filtration system I’d probably use it more-but now we’re talking a LOT more money. Anyway, I appreciate that your videos show honest results in a concise manner. I’m an experienced 3D printing guy but I’m still a newbie with lasers.
I've used an enclosure for my open frames for years with an exhaust fan that vents outside. I think I spent around $80usd for the enclosure and it's been well worth the investment. I don't like to run my lasers without it.
fiber laser are made of multiple laser diodes ! the title is wrong 😅
Thank you for this. I've actually been looking at buying as an upgrade module later. I'm strongly considering buying either their 40 watt or 70 watt diode first. You can get this as a stand alone and swap out the laser modules when you need to. I've seen similar results to what you're getting though, and I've wondered if having the metal set in a bath that only just touches the bottom of the metal to absorb the excess heat would help with the warping issue. I'm sure that would be a tricky thing to set up though considering how thin the metal cards are.
I've tried lots of different cooling methods for the cards on my other lasers. The thing that seems to work best is laying it on an aluminum block and doing multiple low power passes as opposed to a single pass at high power. Still not perfect but it definitely helps.
I wonder if there is an adaptive mesh addon you could put on this?
With stainless you can get colors varying the speed and intensity. Also, engraving metal, it is better to defocus a little.
I prefer doing colored stainless with my MOPA because I can really dial in the colors I want by changing the q-pulse. I've done color on stainless with diodes using speed and power to get different colors but can't get the same range of colors I can with a fiber. That being said, this laser isn't a MOPA so it's limited to speed and power as well. I might play around with it and try doing some color on stainless with this one.
@@LetsMakeAThing I agree completely - I'd love to buy a MOPA for that. Q-switched fiber lasers are generally faster, but the range of control is more coarse. I have a 50w raycus and I can get nice colors on stainless and inconel. I have those same cards you were using - I didn't realize they were coated, not anodized, until I hit them once with a laser. Yikes!
it would be nice to mount it on a 3d printer instead of the extruder....
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While this is an absolutely interesting piece of kit, it feels ill-suited to do things a fiber galvo, gantry CO2, or gantry diode laser might be able to do. I think the real use cases might be engraving large, very flat, metal surfaces like a pist0l slide. Even then I think you'd need to ditch the grate surface for a machined one, the kind you would be able to mount tooling fixtures to (like on a galvo). The other concern is buildup of heat from not being able to move the head fast enough (akin to a galvo). Either way this this is pretty cool even if it appears to fill a hole no one asked to have filled.
I had someone who was looking to engrave a brass plaque that was too big for my galvo. I was able to use the A20 to get it done. It has a very specific use case that not everyone needs really.
I don't get it.. it costs a fortune but I don't see any benefit at all.
After I made this video I had someone who was looking to engrave a brass plaque that was too big for my galvo. I was able to use the A20 to get it done. It has a very specific use case that not everyone needs.