Colour marking a keyring with a MOPA laser

Annealing marking tutorial

In this tutorial we show you how to create coloured laser markings on stainless steel using a MOPA laser source.

Preparation

Material required:

Stainless steel key ring

Laser machine used:

SpeedMarker 700
20 watt MOPA
f254 lens

For this tutorial you can use any SpeedMarker series, Speedy fiber or Speedy flexx laser machine. Please note that MOPA laser sources are only available for SpeedMarker laser machine.

Important information:

Depending on the alloy, the laser marking results on your chosen stainless steel may differ from those shown in this tutorial.
To achieve different colours, the pulse width has to be changed. This means that you can only achieve black laser marking results using a standard fiber laser source.

Step by Step

Step 1: Design

You can create your own design or import our template. Start by importing the PDF with layers into the SpeedMark laser software and assign parameters and fillings to the object.

Tip:

Define the parameters in advance.

Filling for	Fill style	Line distance [mm]	Additional
Text	cross lines (bidirectional)	0.003	-
Letters	Bidirectional	0.03	-
Lines	Bidirectional	0.001	-
Dots	Bidirectional	0.001	Optimise filling
Wind rose	Bidirectional	0.001	Optimise filling
Border	None	-	-