
B-70265EN/02 8.LASER OPTICAL SYSTEM
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8.6 ALIGNMENT OF THE BEAM FOLDING UNIT (C2000-E,
C4000-E SHORT OPTICAL PATH LENGTH TYPE)
The beam folding unit has two mirrors. One mirror is fixed, on which
laser beams from the output coupler are reflected first. The other is
movable.
(1) Start the oscillator and make sure that laser beams can be
irradiated.
(2) Attach an acrylic plate at about 3 m away from the beam outlet
of the oscillator, then collect the burn pattern of the CO
2
gas
laser beam (rated output, CW, irradiation period of 0.1 second).
Do not touch the acrylic plate after beam pattern collection.
(3) Check if the CO
2
gas laser beam and the guide laser beam are
aligned with each other. If not, make an adjustment according to
Section 8.7.
(4) Adjust the adjustment screw of the beam folding unit so that the
center of the oscillator laser beam matches the center of the
guide laser beam. Do not touch the screws at the support points.
The spacing of support points of the mirror holder is adjusted to
3 mm.
Fig.8.6(a) Beam folding unit adjustment position (C2000-E)