cutting thin Teflon on Thunder Laser

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kobin
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cutting thin Teflon on Thunder Laser

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Does anyone have experience cutting Teflon on a CO2 laser? I'm curious if there's enough fluorine gas produced during the cutting process to damage the laser mirrors.
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Re: cutting thin Teflon on Thunder Laser

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Hi kobin,
Laser cut Teflon no harm to laser mirrors,but PTFE Toxicosis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_fume_fever
Because of major,be at ease so.
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Re: cutting thin Teflon on Thunder Laser

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Ok thanks for the advice!
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