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

... 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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Viktor
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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.

... 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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Viktor
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... 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:


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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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Viktor
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Aufruf zum Projekt "Müll-freie Meere" - [reprap.org] -- Deutsche Facebook-Gruppe - [www.facebook.com]

Call for the project "garbage-free seas" - [reprap.org]