Color Annealing keyring with MOPA-Laser

Learn in this tutorial how you can create colored annealing on stainless steel with a MOPA laser.

Preparation

Required material:

Stainless steel key ring

Machine used:

SpeedMarker 700
20 watt MOPA
f254 lens

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

Important:

Depending on the alloy, the results on stain less steel can be different than the one shown in this sample.
To achieve different colors, the pulse width has to be changed. Therefore you only achieve black markings when using a standard fiber laser of the SpeedMarker Series, a Speedy fiber or Speedy flexx.

Step by Step

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.

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	Optimize filling
Wind rose	Bidirectional	0.001	Optimize filling
Border	None	-	-