In-line thermal monitoring of acrylic surfaces processed by a segmented pixel drawing method using a slab rf-excited CO2 laser

Noriyo Sakurada; Masashi Iwamoto; Hajime Ebisutani; Yoshio Ishii; Kazuhiro Watanabe; Yuzuru Kubota

doi:10.1117/12.414011

25 January 2001 In-line thermal monitoring of acrylic surfaces processed by a segmented pixel drawing method using a slab rf-excited CO₂ laser

Noriyo Sakurada, Masashi Iwamoto, Hajime Ebisutani, Yoshio Ishii, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yuzuru Kubota

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Proceedings Volume 4184, XIII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.414011
Event: XIII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, 2000, Florence, Italy

Abstract

Visualization of thermal surfaces has been used in various fields. In this study, thermal monitoring of acrylic surfaces has been performed which were processed by a segmented pixel drawing (SPD) method using a slab-RF excited CO2 laser. The SPD method has been newly developed to make an artistic sculpture. In this method, it is possible to obtain various effects on processed surfaces by controlling processing parameters. This method demands uniform processing shapes in a pixel and reproducibility of results. The purposes of this study are to evaluate the processing results and to investigate the causes of unfavorable processing shapes by capturing thermal phenomena. Thermal distribution on laser processed surfaces obtained by this study can be useful to correct some important data for acrylic laser sculptures. The causes of unfavorable processing can be improved so as to obtain uniform processing shapes.

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Noriyo Sakurada, Masashi Iwamoto, Hajime Ebisutani, Yoshio Ishii, Kazuhiro Watanabe, and Yuzuru Kubota "In-line thermal monitoring of acrylic surfaces processed by a segmented pixel drawing method using a slab rf-excited CO₂ laser", Proc. SPIE 4184, XIII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, (25 January 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.414011

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