Material Library for Fiber and CO2 Laser

Material Library for Fiber and CO2 Laser

Located below you will find our machines and their associated library. Click the link to download for your machine.
  1. Thunder CO2 glass tube parameter library
  2. Thunder CO2 RF tube parameter library
  3. Thunder Fiber laser tube parameter library

Laser safe material list 

CO2 Material Compatibility
Material
Cut
Engraving
Acrylic√√
Anodized Aluminum√

Ceramic√

Cloth√
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Coated Metals√

Corian√
√
Cork√
√
Delrin√
√
Fabric√
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Fiberglass√
√
Glass√

Leather√
√
Marble√

Matte Board√
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Melamine√
√
Mother of Pearl√
√
Mylar√
√
Painted Metals√

Paper√
√
Plastic√
√
Pressboard√
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Rubber√
√
Tile√

Wood√
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Wood Veneer√
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*CO2 lasers will mark bare metals when coated with a metal marking solution.

CO2 Material Compatibility


            17-4 PH stainless steel
303 stainless steel
4043 steel
ABS(white/black)
Aluminum,6061Aluminum, yellow chromate
Bayer 2807 Markrolon polycarbonateBayers bayblend FR110Black/white polycarbonate
Brass
Brushed aluminum
Carbon nanotube
Ceramics, metal-plated
Clear coat anodized aluminum
Cobalt chrome steel
Colored delrin (black/brown)
Compacted powder iron with phosphate coating
Copper
Delrin, colored (black/brown)
Glass filled PEEK
Glass filled Teflon
Hard coat anodized aluminum
Inconel metals (various)
Machine tool steel
Magnesium
Metal-plated ceramics
Molybdenum
Nickel plated 1215 mild steel
Nickel plated brass
 Nickel plated gold
Nickel plated Kovar
Nickel plated steel
Nylon
Silicon steel
Silicone wafers
Stainless steel 303
Yellow chromate aluminum
Zinc plated mild steel


Finding information on what is safe and unsafe for cutting and engraving can be a difficult. At Thunder Laser we highly recommend every user do their research on materials and ONLY use substrates that are safe and  you are comfortable with.

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