 | Rofin Sinar Model 820, continuous-wave
CO2 gas laser in a power range 200 to 2000 watts
| Control Laser model IL 1500, continuous and pulsed CO2 gas
laser in the power range 100 to 1500 watts
| Lumonics Model TEA 103-2 CO2
laser with a capability of 15J/50W
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| International Laser Machines Corporation model 1420Y, pulsed Nd:YAG
laser with 400 watts average power, 50 Joules/pulse, 1-200 Hz repetition
rate, and 0-20 ms pulse width
| Quantronix Model 116, CW/Q-switched, 50W CW power
| Quantel Model 480, Q-switched, 400 mJ energy capability
| LaserSonics, CW, 100W power capability
| Wec Corporation, 2 Joules pulsed Nd:YAG laser
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| Optopower Corporation Diode, CW/Pulsed, 30W CW power |
| Lambda Physik model LPX 110i with a maximum pulse energy of 300 mJ at KrF-248 nm wavelength, maximum average power of 20 watts, and a repetition rate of 100 Hz |
| Several He-Ne lasers with powers 2 mW to 10 mW |
| Optics and beam delivery systems for steering the CO2 and YAG beams
| Optics and integrators to produce various beam configurations
| Optical scanner for oscillation of the beam
| UV flashlamp
| Energy and power meters
| Fiber optics
| Oscilloscopes
| Optical table
| Powder feed device for surface modification
| Gas jet nozzles for improved laser cutting and welding
| Data acquisition systems
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| X-Y-Z positioning tables with a travel of 24 in. x 24 in. x 6 in. with
an accuracy of 0.0001 inch per inch of travel and speeds of up to 1000
in./min
| 10 in. diameter rotary table
| Tilting of rotary table to within five arcseconds
| 18-in.-diameter and 6-in.-high metal vacuum chamber with six ports
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| Silicon Graphics O2
| Allen Bradley Model 8400 controller for five-axis motion control
| Linear, circular, and helical interpolations
| Basic laser function controls
| 32K memory
| Color graphics
| Floppy disk
| Software package for part scaling and character generation
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| CAD/CAM
| Robotics
| Manufacturing
| Material Testing
| Tribology
| Metallography and Microscopy
| Materials Analysis (Engineering Research Institute)
| Ames Materials Laboratory (Department of Energy)
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