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And if you have a lot of wires to strip, get a compound automatic wire stripper or a laser wire stripper.
by mdturnerphys 4y ago
And if you have a lot of wires to strip, get a compound automatic wire stripper or a laser wire stripper.
- lagrange77 4y agoThere are laser wire strippers? Shut up and take my money.
- mdturnerphys 4y agoHere's the one I've used: https://www.laserwiresolutions.com/product/mercury-4/ https://www.laserwiresolutions.com/product/mercury-4/
- b112 4y agoThis... how, why, what? It has to be fake. Right? We're supposed to be using lasers to ... well, shoot at space ships, not cut plastic wire wrapping!!
- techdragon 4y agoWhen all you have is a laser, every problem looks like something to be ablated.
- mechanical_bear 4y agoThat has to be expensive.
- rkagerer 4y agoAwesome. How do they know when to "stop"? EDIT - found the answer: > Because the metallic conductor is essentially a mirror at the wavelength of the laser, the process is effectively “self terminating”, that is the laser vaporises all of the insulating material down to the conductor and then stops, so no process control is required to prevent damage to the conductor.
- linkdink 4y ago> The Mercury-4 is the culmination of years of research I'm imagining some researcher after years of investment and experimentation eventually accidentally discovering the solution: "you mean it just shuts _itself_ off?!?!".
- exmadscientist 4y agoIt doesn't shut itself off. It just stops cutting. It's like using concrete as a kitchen cutting board: that knife isn't going to do any damage, regardless of whether or not you stop pushing. If you want to laser through metals, you need a different type of laser. Just as getting through concrete needs a different tool (say, a hammer chisel).
- linkdink 4y agoThe line sounded funnier to me in the less pedantic way.
- bombela 4y agoNot a really good comparison I think. A knife blade and a masonry chisel are roughly the same type of carbon steel tempered to a similar hardness. They will both scratch and damage concrete.
- exmadscientist 4y agoI'll grant that it's an imperfect analogy! But would you like to chop through my sidewalk to get to the water main with a santoku?
- mdturnerphys 4y agoThis and the wire is able to conduct the heat away faster than it is deposited into it. With some very thin phosphor bronze wires I have seen damage.
- lagrange77 4y agoCool, i just found this handheld device: https://www.laselec.com/en/product/portable-laser-wire-stripper/ https://www.laselec.com/en/product/portable-laser-wire-strip...
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