Abstract:
A gas laser oscillation device of the present invention including a blower unit having a rotating part that rotates, which includes an impeller, a rotating shaft, a motor rotor and a portion of bearings that are brought into contact with the rotating shaft, and a non-rotating part that does not rotate, which includes a motor stator, a casing and a portion of the bearings that are brought into contact with the casing. Two bearings are disposed between the rotating part and the non-rotating part. A grease supply mechanism that supplies grease to each of the two bearings is provided. A control unit drives the blower unit at a rotation rate lower than a rotation rate when a laser is output, after grease is supplied from the grease supply mechanism to the two bearings.
Abstract:
The gas laser oscillator apparatus of the present invention has laser gas sealed in a vacuum chamber under a decompressed condition lower than atmospheric pressure; a discharge means for exciting the laser gas; a blower means for blowing the laser gas; a laser-gas flow passage as a circulation passage of the laser gas between the discharge means and the blower means; and a gas compression means for discharging a predetermined amount of the laser gas from the laser-gas flow passage. The gas decompression means is structured on the application of Bernoulli's principle. The gas decompression means has a sequence for decreasing the ratio of air mixed into the laser gas below a predetermined level with use of a part of pressurized gas used in a laser processing machine or the gas laser oscillator apparatus.
Abstract:
A support unit (20a) for supporting an OPM holder (15a) so as to be vertical to the laser beam axis is disposed in the lower part of the OPM holder (15a). A rotary shaft (19) is inserted into the support unit (20a) and rotary shaft support unit (20b), and the OPM holder (15a) and DT base (17) are assembled together. Thus, a rotation support unit (200) is composed. The rotation support unit has a degree of freedom in the rotating direction of arrow (202). On the other hand, in the lower part of an RM holder (15b), a support bar (21) is provided. At the DT base (17), a rotating element (22) and a rotating element support unit (23) supporting the rotating element are composed so as to support the support bar. Thus, a slider structure (220) slidable in the optical axis direction is formed. The slider structure has a degree of freedom in the direction of arrow (222).
Abstract:
The gas laser oscillator having metal housings disposed near internal mirrors of the resonator for covering, for example, the external of connecting tubes partially or totally, means for detecting the micro discharge current flowing inside of the connecting tubes near the internal mirrors of the resonator, and a control circuit for controlling energy to be supplied into discharge tubes by comparing output signals output from the means for detecting the micro discharge current with reference signals. The gas laser oscillator prevents the micro discharge current from flowing in laser gas inside of the connecting tubes, thereby preventing degradation of a total reflection mirror and a partial reflection mirror defining the internal mirrors of the resonator.
Abstract:
A gas laser oscillator appropriately detecting a clogging of a laying pipe of a sub ejection apparatus is disclosed. The gas laser oscillator according to the present invention includes a laser gas flow pipe, a driving part, a divide wall, a main ejection apparatus, a sub ejection apparatus, a detect portion, and a clogged laying pipe judge part. The laser gas flow pipe constitutes a circulating route of the laser gas. The driving part drives the air blower for blowing the laser gas. The divide wall separates the air blower and the driving part. The main ejection apparatus has a valve, and ejects laser gas from the laser gas flow pipe. The sub ejection apparatus ejects laser gas from the driving part. The detector detects an amount of laser gas ejected from the main ejection apparatus and the sub ejection apparatus. The clogged laying pipe judge part judges that the laying pipe of the sub ejection apparatus is clogged when an amount of ejected laser gas measured at a time the valve of the main ejection apparatus is closed is lower than a predetermined value.
Abstract:
A gas laser oscillator appropriately detecting a clogging of a laying pipe of a sub ejection apparatus is disclosed. The gas laser oscillator according to the present invention includes a laser gas flow pipe, a driving part, a divide wall, a main ejection apparatus, a sub ejection apparatus, a detect portion, and a clogged laying pipe judge part. The laser gas flow pipe constitutes a circulating route of the laser gas. The driving part drives the air blower for blowing the laser gas. The divide wall separates the air blower and the driving part. The main ejection apparatus has a valve, and ejects laser gas from the laser gas flow pipe. The sub ejection apparatus ejects laser gas from the driving part. The detector detects an amount of laser gas ejected from the main ejection apparatus and the sub ejection apparatus. The clogged laying pipe judge part judges that the laying pipe of the sub ejection apparatus is clogged when an amount of ejected laser gas measured at a time the valve of the main ejection apparatus is closed is lower than a predetermined value.
Abstract:
A laser oscillating apparatus includes a discharger for exciting a laser medium, a blower for blowing a laser gas and a laser gas path for connecting the discharger and the blower, and a laser oscillating apparatus characterized in that the blower includes a shaft portion provided with a blade wheel portion at a front end thereof, a driving portion for rotating the shaft portion, and a partition wall portion for separating the blade wheel portion and the driving portion, and a surface of the partition wall portion is provided with a metal layer dispersing precipitated polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
Abstract:
A gas laser oscillator has at least a partial reflection unit and a total reflection unit, each of which comprises an extension unit for connecting between a gas introducing unit and a fixed block unit. The gas introducing unit has a gas inlet port for circulating laser gas in a laser tube, and the fixed block unit is provided for fixing a reflector. A gas inlet port of the gas introducing unit is arranged with a predetermined interval of 120 mm or more so that the reflectors are free from contamination by floating powders and deterioration by ultraviolet lays.
Abstract:
A gas laser oscillating unit comprises: an electric discharge tube 1 for generating an electric discharge which is to be used as a laser excitation source for laser gas flowing in one direction 17 between an anode 3 and a cathode 2 which are made of a metal material and located at both ends of the electric discharge tube 1, a tube member 22 having a pair of slits 21 for generating a swirl of laser gas upstream of the cathode 2, and a tapered hollow member 23 having a tapered inner surface 23a for squeezing the laser gas stream. The cathode 2 is connected with the tube member 22 through the tapered hollow member 23. At least the inner surface of each of the tube member 22 and the tapered hollow member 23 is made of an alloy material containing aluminum and is processed to form a black alumite layer 31 thereon, wherein the black alumite layer 31 is made from an inorganic material.
Abstract:
A gas laser oscillator includes a discharge section for exciting laser gas, a blowing section for transmitting the laser gas, and a laser gas flowing path for forming a circulation route of the laser gas between the discharge section and the blowing section. The blowing section is formed of a rotary part to be rotated by a shaft driver and a non-rotary part not to be rotated. The rotary part includes a rotary shaft to which an impeller is mounted at an end, the shaft driver for rotating the rotary shaft, an upper bearing and a lower bearing coupled to the rotary shaft. The rotary part is detachable from the non-rotary part.