The Mercury-4E is an extended version of our highly popular Mercury-4 laser wire stripper. It remains a relatively compact bench-top unit, but provides a processing area of 2.75″ (70mm) x 4″ (100 mm) to allow a greater quantity of cables to be processed at one time.
Features include:
The Mercury-4E dual axis optics allows flexible wire stripping:
From top to bottom:
The Mercury-4E strips wires and shielded cable ranging in size from 0.001" to 0.24" (0.025 mm to 6 mm) outer diameter.
The Mercury-4E is suited to:
The laser is strongly absorbed by the wire/cable insulation causing it to melt or vaporize. By stripping from both sides automatically a slug of insulation can be separated from the main wire/cable. Full vaporization can be achieved by passing the laser spot over the wire multiple times at high speed in a hatch pattern. For bonded materials this may be the best method for insulation removal. In the case of shielded cables, the shield needs to be reasonably complete (>80% coverage) in order to protect the inner wire insulation whilst laser cutting the outer jacket.
All polymer insulations can be cut with the Mercury-4E laser. The amount of melt, vaporization or chemical decomposition depends on the exact polymers used. Below is a non-exhaustive list of materials that can be stripped:
| Min. Outer Cable Diameter | 0.025 mm (0.001") |
| Max. Outer Cable Diameter | 6 mm (0.24") |
| Stripping Length Increments | 0.1 mm (0.01") |
| Strip types | Cross cuts, slits, windows, area ablation |
| Max. Stripping Length | 100 mm (4") |
| Speed | Up to 2000 mm/s (80"/s) |
| Cable Loading | Either single cable port or using a fixture plate for holding complex cables |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 712 x 356 x 866 mm (28 x 14 x 34") |
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