Effect of Gases Emitted from Cutting Wood with CO2 Laser on Air Quality

In this study, the effect of gases released during CO2 laser cutting of different wood materials such as birch plywood, beech wood, medium density fiberboard (mdf) and chipboard (Particleboard), which are widely used in the woodworking industry on air quality. For this purpose, Arduino Uno microcontroller development board, ESP8266 wifi module and MQ135 air quality sensor module were used to measure the gases released during wood cutting with a 150 watt CO2 laser cutting device. In addition, air quality index measurement was measured in real time with a microcontroller development card, and IoT (Internet of Things) technology was used for remote monitoring of instant data. 4 different wooden materials were cut with a CO2 laser cutting machine for 5 minutes each, and the air quality index measured using the microcontroller development board and ESP8266 wifi module was instantly sent to the channels on the IoT platform Thingspeak web address. The effect of the gases released during cutting on the air quality index was determined by averaging these data. The data was tracked both on the Thingspeak IoT platform and the Thingview android application. This study aims to examine in detail the effect of gases released from CO2 laser cutting of 4 different woods on air quality.