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Cutting of materials such as metals,
plastics and textiles are now commonly achieved using lasers.
This has great benefits such as fast, clean and accurate
cuts that often don't require any additional finishing.
Laser cutting does however produce an enormous amount of
hazardous contaminants that need to be removed to protect
the operator and ensure the quality of cut. As with all
laser applications if the fume is not removed at source
using LEV (Local Exhaust Ventilation), the fume can blur
the laser beam, affecting its efficiency.
A variety of toxic fumes and particulates
are generated when different substrates are being lasered.
These contaminates are known within the industry as LGAC's
(Laser Generated Air Contaminates). LGAC's of different
makeup can react in the extreme within the filter separation
process. In some instances having high ratio of gases to
particulates and visa versa. For example, fume from Nylon
when lasered is roughly 80% particulate to 20% gas, where
as fume from Acrylic is 90% gas to 10% particulate.
With this knowledge, Bofa have developed the Advantage range
of fume elimination systems designed specifically for such
a broad base of lasered substrate materials.
To make the correct choice, click
here and fill out our web form and we will specify the
correct system for your application.
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