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RustOff Fiber Laser Cleaning System

Source: https://achievement.co.za/rustoff

What this page is

This is the "RustOff Fiber Laser Cleaning System" post on achievement.co.za, one of AM.CO.ZA's company sites. It points to RustOff.co.za, the home of AM.CO.ZA's RustOff laser cleaning brand.

Original text (as published): "The portable, quick & easy way to remove rust, paint, and other debris from metals surfaces & welding areas without harsh chemicals or washing. The handheld RustOff® Laser Cleaning System from AM.CO.ZA is a sustainable solution for the cleaning, evaporation and peeling off of paint, rust, grime and tarnished overlay on metal surfaces."

This Knowledge Base version expands that into a plain guide to RustOff. Every point below comes from RustOff, Buythis and AM.CO.ZA pages already in this KB, which are linked so you can read the full wording. For model-by-model detail and current prices, start with the RustOff brand page.

What RustOff is

RustOff is AM.CO.ZA's range of handheld fibre laser cleaning machines. A laser cleaner fires a scanned fibre laser beam at a surface so that rust, paint, oxide, oil, mill scale and similar layers burn off (laser ablation) while the base metal stays in place.

Because there is no sandblasting grit, no chemicals and no wash-down afterwards, a cleaned part is ready for welding or painting straight away. That is the main reason AM.CO.ZA calls RustOff a cleaner, greener alternative to chemical stripping and blasting (see RustOff Laser Cleaning System and 5 Benefits of the RustOff machine).

Pulsed or continuous wave

RustOff comes in two kinds of laser, and choosing between them is the first decision (see RustOff expands to continuous-wave fibre laser):

As a rough guide: delicate, thin or heat-sensitive parts suit pulsed; heavy rust, thick paint and mill scale on steel suit CW.

The current range

The original post mentions a cleaning beam width of up to 300 mm. On the current CW machines most scan patterns reach about 212 mm, and a straight-line pattern can go up to 300 mm (see Operate LaserMaster RustOff).

Browse the whole range on the Fiber Laser Cleaning category and the LaserMaster RustOff system page. Current prices are on each Buythis product page.

What your site needs

From the RustOff brand page:

Safety

RustOff is a Class 4 laser, licensed by SAHPRA (the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority); the LaserMaster SAHPRA licence (PDF) is online. Wear proper laser safety glasses, keep the protective lens clean and handle the fibre cable with great care, because bending or crushing it can destroy it.

If the temperature reading turns red and the machine shuts down, the protective lens is usually dirty or burnt (often from dusty air), and it must be replaced before carrying on. Lenses, seals and torch nozzles are wear parts.

Typical jobs

AM.CO.ZA has shown RustOff on real work, including:

Upgrades, support and training

Documents and videos

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