Product Code: ILSC2011_602

Why New Test Conditions For Laser Guard
Authors:
Joachim Franek, Pibf - Senior Laser Engineer; BruchköBel Germany
Erwin Martin Heberer, Sworn Expert for Laser Safety of Lasers for Material Processing; Heusenstamm Germany
Andreas Trautmann, Consultant and Chartered Engineer for Laser Technology and Laser Safety; MüNchen Germany
Presented at ILSC 2011

A variety of exposure limit tests with different materials and lasers led to non reproducible results, which can lead to false interpretation concerning the exposure limit and overestimated lifetime predictions of laser guards. Thus equal and comparable conditions for repeated test must be ensured to maintain the integrity of the results. This lecture describes some of the most important factors of false interpretations