IPG YLS-2000-K - Working Without the Laser Program

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5. Check whether the guide laser is visible at the outlet of the
process optics and has no irregularities. You can do this, for exam-
ple, by holding a white sheet of paper in front of the process op-
tics and looking at the laser spot.
6. Contact the responsible IPG service department if the laser spot at
the outlet of the process optics is invisible or exhibits irregulari-
ties such as dark spots. Do not turn on the laser emission if this is
case.
7. Also check whether the laser spot can be seen as required on the
place being processed.
Switching on the
laser power sup-
ply
If the laser spot at the process optics outlet has no abnormalities and is
focused on the spot to be processed, you can turn the laser power sup-
ply.
8. Turn off the guide laser.
9. Click on the button OFF
(5).
The laser power supply switches on. The status of the button changes to ON. On
the Status tab, the status LED indicator “Laser power supply ON” lights up. If no
alarms are present, the laser switches to the Laser ready state.
After switching on the laser power supply, you can continue to work
with or without the laser program.
7.4.1 Working without the laser program
1. Make sure that the laser power supply is switched on and in the
mode Laser ready.
Setting the laser
power
2. In the option fields (1) of the Control tab [} 97], select whether
the laser power should be indicated in percent of the pump cur-
rent or directly as power in watts.
Laser power
The allowed setting range of the laser power lies be-
tween 10% and 105% of the nominal laser power
(see supplied technical data).
ð Always specify a power of at least 10% to en-
sure stable and fault-free operation of the laser.
3. If necessary, set the rise and fall times in the Ramping Time tab
(9). To do this, enter the desired value (max. 5000 ms) into the
corresponding input field and confirm your entry with the Enter
key or by clicking on the button Set .
Switching on the
laser emission
4. Click on the button Emission OFF
(6).
As soon as the laser is emitted, the status messages Emission enabled and Emis-
sion ON become active.
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