A diode laser system from Coherent offers modular flexibility and output power of up to 400W at 976nm.
The HB-Diode laser system can be configured with from one to four 100W 200um diode modules, and the output from each diode module can then be fibre-delivered individually, or combined into a single, 0.22 NA delivery fibre in order to optimally match the needs of the application.
The resulting output is 100W, 200W, 300W or 400W of power, at fibre diameters of 200um, 400um, 600um or 800um respectively.
Integration into industrial applications is further enhanced by the laser's 19in rack mount form factor, armoured fibre, air-cooling, aiming beam and a comprehensive selection of fibre imaging optics.
This system also achieves a long MTTF (mean time to failure) through the use of Coherent's in-house epitaxy and packaging technology.
With its easily customised output, the HB-Diode system can service a variety of industrial processing needs, such as plastics welding for microelectronics, medical and automotive applications, and soldering electronics and solar cell panels.
For solar cell assembly, it offers substantial advantages over traditional soldering technologies, such as induction heating.
In particular, laser processing improves yields by enabling better control of the heat delivered into the part, resulting in lower thermal gradients, less residual stress, and overall reduced breakage.
For plastics welding applications, the high power output of the HB-Diode system provides increased throughput over lower-power lasers.
This can be achieved by using a single beam at a high feed rate, or by using multiple, lower power output beams for parallel processing.
