The high pressure differential over the load you mention and the low flow
would make me put a bypass ( a regulated leak) around the laser this way you
would always have some flow and the pump would not start and stop as often .

[snip]
> the question is not to protect the laser gun (the pump runs anysay)
> but to protect the pump itself against running in unloaded state.
[snip]

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