The fiber route.According to PTG PTG Polymer Technology Group PTG Play The Game (online gaming) PTG Pietersburg, South Africa (Airport Code) PTG Pearson Technology Group (Canada) Industries (Lake Mary, FL; www.ptgindustries.com) the use of fiber laser systems can provide a variety of advantages versus YAG YAG n. A hard synthetic yttrium aluminum garnet used in laser technology and as a gemstone. [y(ttrium) + a(luminum) + g(arnet)1.] or C[O.sub.2] systems for applications including marking, cutting and engraving. (The company offers a line of "FiberTower" Q-switched Fiber lasers for applications on materials including stainless steel, aluminum, carbide, polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. , titanium, nickel, PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. , rubber, and chrome, including automotive applications ranging from creating the characters on turn signal stalks to making serial numbers on spark plugs.) Among the advantage that the company claims for the fiber systems: * Greater reliability: up to 100,000 hours mean time before failure * Reduced consumable costs * Reduced power consumption ($40/year at 170 W/hr) * Increased power efficiency (up to 50%) * Smaller spot size (50% of that produced by the other type). |
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