Can my 80 watt Trotec cO2 laser engrave on Titanium carbo-nitride? I have a friend that wants some knives engraved and they have this coating on them.
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Can my 80 watt Trotec cO2 laser engrave on Titanium carbo-nitride? I have a friend that wants some knives engraved and they have this coating on them.
Trotec Speedy 360 80 watt laser
Custom CNC router 4' x 5'
GrapthTec FC7000-75 vinyl cutter
Keiling KL6090S CNC router
Ricoh SG3100DN sublimation printer
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should work with Cermark but not sure-- 80 watts might mark it directly too... like so much of this line of work, what's going to happen is a crap shoot!
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Cermark won't look real good in my opinion on a knife, but if there is a spot on spine, try direct. Fiber would be better....
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TiCN not nice...probably not wise to try a CO2 on it as it will do a very good job of being a mirror
Fiber every time, it's the same coating on CNC cutting tips in many cases and those are done with Fibers
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I did 2 knives coated like this on a Trotec 400 at 120 watts using Cermark. Took 2 passes at 100 power to reallly get the marking to show up crisp. They came out well, but it was a complete trial and error process. I would not try to engrave directly with co2. But if that’s all you have, cermark could be the way.
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