The Wonders of Laser Cutting


What is laser cutting? It is the process wherein a laser beam is used to heat a work piece to the point where the piece is precisely cut. Laser machines include a high powered laser and a computer to direct the laser beam onto the material to be cut. The laser beam then melts, vaporizes or burn, the material along the predetermined cut line that results to a precise and neatly cut edge or section.

Manufacturers, small businesses, schools and hobbyists alike are using laser cutting. Laser cutting can be used to cut for thin non-metal materials like paper, most plastics, mylar stencils, polycarbonate, wood up to .04 inches and thin acrylics. It can also be used on thicker non-metal materials like thicker plastics and wood up to one inch thick. Laser cutting machine is of course used on metal materials requiring power lasers between 150 to 1,000 watts. It is used to cut a number of items from jigsaw puzzle, clock faces, metal tags, machinery parts and components, packaging, signs, patterns, leather upholstery pieces, and more.

Laser has many numerous advantages over other types of cutting. Not only is it precise, but also you can cut variety of materials like paper, plastic, cardboard, leather and metal. Once a pattern is programmed into the laser cutter, it can cut exactly as the pattern on the work piece and so on. Laser cut aluminium edges are clean and it can cut small, highly detailed holes with good edge quality. And it does not wear out due to cutting thus proven to be reliable and advantageous alternative to other cutting methods.

Laser cutting is a highly potent technology that can be used to cut different varieties of hard and resistant materials including carbon, stainless steel, aluminium, copper alloys and so on. Generally, metal fabrication industry uses this technology extensively in cutting and producing sheet of metals. This cutting technology greatly improves the productivity, decreases production costs, and improves quality of cutting metals. You can also learn more about laser cutting by checking out the post at https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/22/us/feat-metal-repels-water-rochester/.

There are many advantages in using laser cutting devices, like accuracy, quality of job done, speed of cutting, and affordability. These advantages make lasers cutting services the most popular cutting service in the Spring steel sheet fabrication industry. But there are some disadvantages of using laser for cutting metals, like it requires high voltage of power to operate thus increases your power consumption. You also run the risks of burns and electrocution for that matter. But given the more benefits of this technology, it is not a surprise that in spite of the disadvantages, a large number of industrial companies still use the laser cutting technology to improve their productivity and quality of work.

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