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cleanLASER CL 500iM Laser Cleaning Parameters

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Five hundred watts of Q-switched fiber, cut loose from the facility chiller. The CL 500iM runs fully air-cooled and omits the optical isolator, collapsing the optics train to a hand-guided head you wheel to the workpiece. Against the water-cooled CL 500 at the same power tier, it trades throughput-in-a-cell for on-site reach — 120 ns pulses at 50–500 kHz stripping rust, weld oxide, and coatings where they sit.

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Derived Parameters

Peak power83.3 kW
Fluence at 2 mm spot0.318 J/cm²
Fluence at 5 mm spot0.0509 J/cm²
Overlap (cleaning)60–80%

Field spot diameter varies by scan head — 2 mm and 5 mm are representative values for handheld cleaning heads.

Derived from manufacturer pulse energy data. Spot size varies by scan head — validate against your calibration.

Canonical Specifications

Entity-fact-cited specifications for the cleanLASER CL 500iM sourced from the canonical machines entity registry. Each row is anchored to a citation.

cleanLASER CL 500iMStandard Q-Switched
Published specifications for cleanLASER CL 500iM
Max Power500 W[1]
Pulse Energy—
Pulse Duration120 ns[1]
Repetition Rate50–500 kHz[1]
Beam Quality (M²)2[2]
Cooling MethodAir[1],[3],[4]
WeightWeight: ~99 kg (110 kg incl. optical fibre and optics)[1]

Sources

  2. M² Factor (Beam Quality Factor) — RP Photonics Encyclopedia rp-photonics.com (opens in new tab)
  3. Laser Cooling Units — RP Photonics Encyclopedia rp-photonics.com (opens in new tab)
  4. Guidance on Laser Safety Requirements (DOE EFCOG Laser Safety Community of Practice, 2023) efcog.org (opens in new tab)

Published Specifications

BrandcleanLASER
ModelCL 500iM
OriginGermany
Laser typeQ-switched nanosecond fiber
Wavelength1064 nm
Average power500 W
Pulse width120 ns
Pulse frequency50–500 kHz
CoolingAir
Beam quality (M²)< 1.6

Source: https://adapt-laser.com/product/cl500im/

Parameter ranges

cleanLASER CL 500iM positioned against other cleanLASER machines. Orange/blue = this model; slate band = cleanLASER min–max for that property. Missing properties are omitted.

Parameter rangesAvg Power500.0 WFrequency50.0 kHz500.0 kHzPulse Width120.0 nsPeak Power83.3 kWFluence @ 2 mm0.32 J/cm²Fluence @ 5 mm0.05 J/cm²Beam Quality M²1.60 Published datasheetCalculated from physicscleanLASER range
Each row is scaled to the cleanLASER lineup max for that property (not a shared multi-unit axis). Validate against machine calibration before production use.

Pulse energy — cleanLASER lineup

CL 500iM highlighted among cleanLASER systems with datasheet max pulse energy (mJ). Color = architecture.

Pulse energy — cleanLASER lineup0.007.5152330cleanLASER CL 500: 25 mJ · Q-HEcleanLASER CL 50025 mJ · Q-HEcleanLASER CL1000iF: 10 mJ · Q-stdcleanLASER CL1000iF10 mJ · Q-std
  • Q-HE
  • Q-std
  • MOPA
  • CW
Parity basis: datasheet max pulse energy (mJ) only · pulsed · ~1064 nm · shared contaminant thresholds · modeled spot (not a certified cross-OEM test).

Fleet Power vs. Pulse Energy

Where the cleanLASER CL 500iM sits among 52 laser-cleaning machines with published power and pulse energy. Log-scale axes; shape = architecture; orange highlight = this machine.

Fleet Power vs. Pulse Energy104050801001602503206401.0k1.3k1.3k2.6k124581016253264100125128256Max Power (W)Pulse Energy (mJ)Netalux Jango®: 200 W, 100 mJcleanLASER CL1000iF: 1000 W, 10 mJPULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 100M: 100 W, 1.5 mJPULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 200M: 200 W, 1.5 mJPULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 300M: 300 W, 1.5 mJPULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 500A: 500 W, 1.5 mJPULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 1000A: 1000 W, 1.5 mJLaserax LXQ-UHP Series (500W–3kW): 1750 W, 100 mJ4JET JETLASER M200: 200 W, 10 mJ4JET JETLASER M500: 500 W, 100 mJ4JET JETLASER M1000: 1000 W, 100 mJSenFeng SF500HC: 500 W, 50 mJSenFeng SF1000HC: 1000 W, 50 mJHan's Laser HC-PD: 125 W, 1.5 mJP-Laser QF-500: 500 W, 50 mJP-Laser QF-1000: 1000 W, 100 mJP-Laser QF-2000: 2000 W, 100 mJPowerlase Vulcan 500c: 500 W, 40 mJPowerlase FL-C100C: 100 W, 5 mJJNCT Laser 100W Air Cooling Laser Cleaning Machine: 100 W, 1 mJJNCT Laser 200W Air Cooling Laser Cleaning Machine: 200 W, 1 mJWuhan Sintec STPL-V-i500C: 500 W, 60 mJWuhan Sintec STPL-V-i1600: 1600 W, 250 mJHan's Laser HC-PD 50W: 50 W, 1.1 mJHan's Laser HC-PD 100W: 100 W, 1.5 mJHan's Laser HC-PD 200W: 200 W, 1.5 mJNetalux Needle 100: 100 W, 1 mJNetalux Needle 150: 150 W, 1 mJNetalux Needle 200: 200 W, 2 mJNetalux Needle 300: 300 W, 2 mJcleanLASER CL 500: 500 W, 25 mJP-Laser QFC-50: 50 W, 1 mJP-Laser QFC-100: 100 W, 1 mJP-Laser QFC-200: 200 W, 1 mJP-Laser QFC-300: 300 W, 1 mJLaserax LXQ-UHP 500W: 500 W, 100 mJLaserax LXQ-UHP 1000W: 1000 W, 100 mJLaserax LXQ-UHP 2000W: 2000 W, 150 mJLaserax LXQ-UHP 3000W: 3000 W, 150 mJFortune Laser FL-C200: 200 W, 2 mJFortune Laser FL-C300: 300 W, 2 mJP-Laser ECO-C 200: 200 W, 1 mJP-Laser ECO-C 500: 500 W, 1.5 mJNetalux Kamino 300: 300 W, 50 mJNarran ROD 300 Air: 300 W, 15 mJNarran ROD 500: 500 W, 50 mJNarran ROD 1000: 1000 W, 50 mJNarran ROD 2000: 2000 W, 100 mJNarran ROD 100 Air: 100 W, 1.54 mJNarran ROD 500 Bright+: 500 W, 100 mJNarran ROD 1000 Bright+: 1000 W, 100 mJNarran ROD 2000 Bright+: 2000 W, 100 mJ
Fleet power vs. pulse energy data
MachineMax Power (W)Pulse Energy (mJ)
Netalux Jango®200100
cleanLASER CL1000iF100010
PULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 100M1001.5
PULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 200M2001.5
PULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 300M3001.5
PULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 500A5001.5
PULSAR Laser SHARK P CL 1000A10001.5
Laserax LXQ-UHP Series (500W–3kW)1750100
4JET JETLASER M20020010
4JET JETLASER M500500100
4JET JETLASER M10001000100
SenFeng SF500HC50050
SenFeng SF1000HC100050
Han's Laser HC-PD1251.5
P-Laser QF-50050050
P-Laser QF-10001000100
P-Laser QF-20002000100
Powerlase Vulcan 500c50040
Powerlase FL-C100C1005
JNCT Laser 100W Air Cooling Laser Cleaning Machine1001
JNCT Laser 200W Air Cooling Laser Cleaning Machine2001
Wuhan Sintec STPL-V-i500C50060
Wuhan Sintec STPL-V-i16001600250
Han's Laser HC-PD 50W501.1
Han's Laser HC-PD 100W1001.5
Han's Laser HC-PD 200W2001.5
Netalux Needle 1001001
Netalux Needle 1501501
Netalux Needle 2002002
Netalux Needle 3003002
cleanLASER CL 50050025
P-Laser QFC-50501
P-Laser QFC-1001001
P-Laser QFC-2002001
P-Laser QFC-3003001
Laserax LXQ-UHP 500W500100
Laserax LXQ-UHP 1000W1000100
Laserax LXQ-UHP 2000W2000150
Laserax LXQ-UHP 3000W3000150
Fortune Laser FL-C2002002
Fortune Laser FL-C3003002
P-Laser ECO-C 2002001
P-Laser ECO-C 5005001.5
Netalux Kamino 30030050
Narran ROD 300 Air30015
Narran ROD 50050050
Narran ROD 1000100050
Narran ROD 20002000100
Narran ROD 100 Air1001.54
Narran ROD 500 Bright+500100
Narran ROD 1000 Bright+1000100
Narran ROD 2000 Bright+2000100
  • MOPA
  • Q-HE
  • Q-std
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Specifications sourced from manufacturer datasheets. Values are reference data — validate against your machine's actual calibration before production use.

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