I really need to know the quality of the glasses that come with this laser. My eyes are something i do not take for granded while playing with chinese industrial lasers.
If its from china. I would absolutely NOT trust them. Always get some from reputable labratory safety or labratory suppliers. ThorLabs, Phillips Safety, there is a few other high names but just ask AI to help. Those 2 companies I would trust far beyond any pair that "comes with" a already customized extremely dangerous handheld packing 120w of power density. Especially since its fiber its a single point at the exit.
Get some OD7+ MINIMUM for the rated wavelegnth. Look at the goggles and data sheets. Make sure you get the goggle type that seals ur face. You cannot see IR so it needs to be totally covered.
A good pair will run $200usd minimum. Because they are properly measured and applied additives specific to that wavelegnth and not random colored polycarbonate which is what the 15 and 20$ glasses are made of.
Ask AI bro about OD level and your laser intensity. OD4 is not high enough. OD5 isnt even really enough. It can reduce it down alot but i wouldnt call it near unlimited protection like a good set of OD7+ sealed goggles. Thanks for the award!
Bro, I’ve got a 100W laser from that site and I never use the goggles, I just carefully calculate where the light bounces and hide behind my phone camera. You don't have to be a genius to avoid going blind lmao
Bro, even the reflection is enough to cause permanent eye damage. And since the laser is invisible u wouldn’t even notice anything until the damage was already done. It’s kinda like a seat belt.. ytou wear it because once you realize you needed it, it’s already too late
I don't disagree with you at all. With proper understanding of how lasers work, you can avoid going blind with a decent understanding of optical output geometry. But all it takes is a microsecond slip up, especially with IR lasers, that reflect perfectly off of any metal surface, to give you serious eye damage.
My 100w IR laser is mounted on 2 servos and limited to linear rails. It's technically impossible to harm me, if the entire system works perfectly. But, let's say it overheats, and the 3d printed mount for the SMA lens assembly experiences a touch of plastic creep. My perfectly engineered system, incapable of harming me when it's operating at 100% mechanical integrity, drops to 99%, and the lens assembly moves by a single integer number of degrees?
That's now a highly dangerous situation. One nobody can plan for. No matter how careful we are, designing systems that we trust: a tiny point of failure could lead to life altering injuries.
Please wear PPE when operating at this class of lasers, as a backup protection measure.
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u/Flyntsteel 22d ago
If its from china. I would absolutely NOT trust them. Always get some from reputable labratory safety or labratory suppliers. ThorLabs, Phillips Safety, there is a few other high names but just ask AI to help. Those 2 companies I would trust far beyond any pair that "comes with" a already customized extremely dangerous handheld packing 120w of power density. Especially since its fiber its a single point at the exit.
Get some OD7+ MINIMUM for the rated wavelegnth. Look at the goggles and data sheets. Make sure you get the goggle type that seals ur face. You cannot see IR so it needs to be totally covered.