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laser resistant sticky/glue foil

Posted by sungod3k 
laser resistant sticky/glue foil
September 03, 2016 01:26PM
Hi,

I need to keep a lasered design with many parts together and I dont want to design connection bridges.

Is there any sticky material/foil that can resist the laser when its glued under the main material?

For a weak red diode laser I can imagine a red sticky tape under the main cutting material that doesnt absorb the laser so all parts stay stuck to the foil but the foil itself isnt cut.

Cheers
VDX
Re: laser resistant sticky/glue foil
September 03, 2016 06:03PM
... I'm lasercutting "combined" designs with using adhesive foil to transfer the single and combined elements from the basic paper to the target ...


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Re: laser resistant sticky/glue foil
September 04, 2016 05:01AM
The keyword for most diode lasers is transparent adhesive foil. But there is still a chance the foil shrinks or melts by the heat from cutting the above material.
Maybe aluminum foil is also worth a try.
VDX
Re: laser resistant sticky/glue foil
September 04, 2016 10:02AM
... it's a bit different with the "transfer-methode"_

- I'm using common coloured plastic sticky sheets on paper carrier
- cut/engrave the plastic sheet without cutting through the underlying paper
- remove the unwanted parts
- glue adhesive transparent foil above the remaining parts
- peel the paper carrier away
- (transfer) position and glue the complete sandwich on the target surface
... and last remove the transparent foil ...


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VDX
Re: laser resistant sticky/glue foil
September 05, 2016 03:30AM
... here some actual samples for "direct" and "transfer" sticky labels.

First - "direct" labels, done on the target item itself:








... and here two multipart labels with transfer-film to put them on remote or big parts:


*** EDIT ***
Video showing cutting and the results - [vimeo.com]








Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/2016 04:57AM by VDX.


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