H2C 40W - Laser Engraving Stainless Steel Jewelry Tags

Bambu Lab H2 Series Bambu Lab H2C
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Hi

I have an H2C with a 40W laser and am wondering if anyone has experience in lasering tags this small (Oval - 4.5mm x 9mm or Rectangle - 6.7mm x 13.7mm) with a 40w laser. Tags I’m looking at are here Laser Engraved Stainless Steel Jewelry Tags | Charm Factory

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Welcome to the community!

The engraving of stainless steel is not so much an issue for the 10W or the 40W laser.

I have done it many times. I would advise you to be careful with low power engraving to get low-intensity engraving.

The reason is that the reflection might cause damage to the laser.
There are coatings that can reduce those reflections though.

I have the 10W laser, that has a smaller laser spot than the 40W version, so the resolution might not be enough for very fine details.

To place those objects, I would advise you to get the fine-mazed laser-grid-panel to place those small parts.

In theory if you align your engraving on one object, and batch mode should be able to place them on similar shapes with the batch mode.

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I use the same 40W laser module. The picture below is some Chinese text (雲) I engraved before at 5 x 5 mm, so the size and area you’re looking to engrave shouldn’t be a problem.

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Thanks. Whatever tag I go with I was going to 3d print a jig to hold them but I do have that Laser Grid Panel as well.

Can you tell me more about the possible damage to the laser? I’ve never heard of that, but I’m new to lasering. Should I be coating these with something first, then lasering, then cleaning off whatever I applied?

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If you are planning on printing the same shapes many times, a jig is great.

Succes with you project!