SLA-250 Laser replacement

From: amessin@zandor.ssd.bna.boeing.com
Date: Mon Sep 29 1997 - 21:04:18 EEST

     Does anyone know if there are any other lasers for the SLA-250 ?
     
     The 40 mW Omnichrome unit that we have seems to last about 2000 hrs.
     At that time it starts loosing power rapidly (less than 25 mW) and the
     build time suffers greatly. The remelt process helps but it never
     returns to the original 32 - 36 mW.
     
     I have heard of a 70 mW (!!!!!?????) Liconix but how reliable is it,
     how dependable is it?, price, service etc.?
     
     Any help would be appreciated
     
     Andy Messina
     The Boeing Company

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Tue Jun 05 2001 - 22:40:27 EEST