Method for laser marking a metallic surface
OwnerMansour Ashtiani, Patrick Christopher McGehee +3inventors
InventorsMansour Ashtiani, Patrick Christopher McGehee, Geoffrey Corbin, Jeric Frank Foster, Volker Poppinga
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Abstract
A method for marking a location on a surface of a component includes irradiating the location with a first laser beam to create a first mark having a first color. The location defines a normal extending perpendicularly therefrom. The first laser beam is disposed at a first angle relative to the normal. The method also includes irradiating the location with a second laser beam to create a second mark having a second color different than the first color. The second laser beam is disposed at a second angle relative to the normal. The second angle is different than the first angle.
Claims20
A method of marking a location on a surface of a component, the location defining a normal extending perpendicularly therefrom, the method comprising:
- covering the surface of the component with a first medium;
- irradiating the location with a first laser beam through the first medium to create a first mark having a first color;
- and
- removing the first medium from the surface of the component.
A method of laser marking comprising:
- providing a component comprising an outer surface including a location having a first color;
- covering the outer surface with a first medium;
- irradiating the location through the first medium with a first laser beam to change the first color of the location to a second color;
- and
- removing the component from the first medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.