What are the advantages of laser cutting machines?

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Nick Stylecnc
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What are the advantages of laser cutting machines?

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In recent years, fiber laser cutting (https://www.stylecnc.com/fiber-laser-cu ... price.html)technology has been widely used in the industry. In 2014, fiber lasers surpassed CO2 lasers as the largest share of laser sources.

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Fiber laser cutting machine provides both cutting speed and quality achievable with CO2 laser cutting(https://www.stylecnc.com/non-metal-lase ... g-machine/), while significantly reducing maintenance and operating costs.

The fiber-cutting technology has high energy efficiency. With the complete solid-state digital module and single design of the fiber laser, the fiber laser cutting system has higher electro-optical conversion efficiency than CO2 laser cutting. For each power unit of a CO2 cutting system, the actual general utilization is about 8% to 10%, while the fiber laser cutting system power efficiency is about 25% to 30%.

Fiber lasers have short-wavelength characteristics that increase the absorption of the beam by the cutting material and can cut materials such as brass and copper as well as non-conductive materials. A more concentrated beam produces a smaller focus and a deeper depth of focus, so that fiber lasers can quickly cut thinner materials and cut medium thickness materials more efficiently.

The CO2 gas laser system requires regular maintenance, the mirrors require maintenance and calibration, and the resonant cavity requires regular maintenance; the fiber laser cutting solution requires virtually no maintenance. Compared to CO2 cutting systems, fiber cutting solutions are more compact and have less impact on the ecological environment, so less cooling is required and energy consumption is significantly reduced.
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Re: What are the advantages of laser cutting machines?

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Laser cutting is a process where a material is cut through the use of a laser beam. This can be for small & fine materials or materials with a much greater level of thickness (e.g. metal sheets). The process simply involves the use of a focused laser beam (e.g. pulsed or continuous wave) to cut a wide range of materials to a high level of accuracy, using a process, which is highly repeatable.

The laser beam can easily be programmed to precision cut a diverse range of thicknesses and materials (e.g. metals (including reflective metals such as copper, silver and aluminium) – brass, tungsten, steel, pewter and titanium etc.), gemstones (e.g. diamonds), ceramics, graphic composites, silicon and many types of plastics.There are a large number of application areas, particularly in industrial manufacturing where a higher output is required but is also used in schools, aerospace (e.g. high-strength components which can withstand the pressures of outer space) the military and in small businesses.Also laser marking technology is more widely used in printing field in recent years and laser marking solutions can be applied to several materials, for instance, plastic and rubber, metal and silicon chips. In comparison to the traditional mechanical engraving, chemical corrosion, network printing and oil ink printing, laser marking is characterized by low cost and high flexibility and can be controlled by computer system. The mark produced on workpiece surface by laser is permanent.
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Re: What are the advantages of laser cutting machines?

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If you’re working in the field of manufacturing, and you’re considering using laser cutting in your next work, you may be wondering about what the advantages are. Is laser cutting really better than traditional cutting using dies, punches, and other similar tools?

HeatSign have put together this list of just a few laser cutting advantages:-

High Accuracy and Precision Cuts
Low Lead Times with No Need to Replace
Can Handle Jobs of Almost any Complexity
Higher Sheet Utilization
Causes No Damage Or Warping, Even to Thin Materials
Low Power Consumption
Cutting Versatility
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