Black Marking Anodized Aluminum with MOPA-Laser

Preparation

Required material

anodized aluminum
magnet

Machine used

SpeedMarker 700
20 W MOPA laser
F254 lens

You can use any other machine of the SpeedMarker series, Speedy fiber or Speedy flexx.

Important

You might need other parameters when marking glossy aluminum.

Creating a black marking is only possible with the MOPA laser. This is the only laser that colors anodized aluminum black through short pulsing. The conventional fiber lasers in the SpeedMarker Series, Speedy Flexx or Speedy Fiber Laser, can only create white marking.

graphic-files-nametag-MOPA.zip

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Step by step

Step 1

Step 1: Design

Import our template or create your own design. Import the PDF with layers into SpeedMark and assign parameters and fillings to the object.

Important: If texts are imported from a PDF, they have to be converted into curves before. Otherwise SpeedMark Software does not recognize them as Text. Alternatively, you can produce the text directly in SpeedMark.

Filling for	Fill style	Line distance [mm]
Logo	cross lines (bidirectional)	0.03
Name	Bidirectional	0.001
Title	Bidirectional	0.001

Step 2

Step 2: Laser process

Now enter the parameter settings. They can differ depending on the laser machine used and laser power available.

Laser parameter	Process	Power [%]	Speed [mm/s]
Logo	Marking	50	2000
Name	Marking	50	1500
Title	Marking	50	1500

Laser parameter	Frequency [kHz]	Pulse width [ns]	Passes
Logo	60	100	1
Name	200	8	1
Title	200	100	1

Step 3

Step 3: Post processing

Fix the magnet on the back of the nametag.

Preparation

You Will Need

Anodised Aluminium
1x Magnet

Machine Used

SpeedMarker 700
20 Watt MOPA laser
F254 lens

You can use any machine from the SpeedMarker series. Or, you can use a Speedy fiber or Speedy flexx laser machine.

Important

You may need to use different parameters to us if you are marking a glossy type of aluminium.

Creating a black marking is only possible with the MOPA laser. This is the only laser that colors anodized aluminum black through short pulsing. The conventional fiber lasers in the SpeedMarker Series, Speedy Flexx or Speedy Fiber Laser, can only create white marking.

graphic-files-nametag-MOPA.zip

ZIP

Download now

ZIP

Download now

Step by step

Step 1

Step 1: Design

Firstly, import our template; or feel free to create your own. Import the PDF with layers into SpeedMark and assign the parameters and fillings to your object.

Important: If texts are imported from a PDF, they will need to be converted into curves beforehand. Otherwise, SpeedMark won't recognise them as 'text'. Alternatively, you can produce the text directly in SpeedMark to avoid the hassle of converting data.