Fiber Laser Cutting Steel

Our machines are capable of cutting steel brass aluminum and stainless steel without fear of back reflections damaging the machine.

Fiber laser cutting steel. The automatic focusing height follower developed by kern laser systems is one of the key elements for optimal metal. This technology helps achieve process range expansion p r e by having the ability to process brass copper and titanium materials that can be difficult to process with a co 2 laser. The fiber optic laser cutters are designed to cut metal at high speeds and with great precision. The metal cutting option allows for accurate cutting of sheet metals like stainless steel mild steel aluminum copper and brass.

2 head and lens of the. The seed laser. The 3kw 6kw and 9kw lcg aj series was developed with amada s proven fiber laser technology. Fiber lasers are a type of solid state laser that is rapidly growing within the metal cutting industry.

Oxygen cutting carbon steel benefits from higher oxygen gas purity levels. The material will get better results when it is cut with oxygen. Given its dominance in the sheet metal cutting industry this article focuses on laser fusion cutting. It is a technology with more than 20 years of being in the market these machines as also use fiber laser power source.

Additional advantages over traditional dry laser cutting are high dicing speeds parallel kerf and omnidirectional cutting. It has been proven many times that with both co 2 and fiber lasers increasing oxygen global purity to 99 95 percent or above to 99 98 or 99 99 percent we can increase the cutting speed in production significantly sometimes between 30 and 40 percent. The two most common types of laser cutting machines are fiber laser and co 2. Fiber lasers vs co 2.

Fiber laser cutting effect structural steel. Metal fabrication shops and companies that manufacture customized metal parts can drastically improve their efficiency of production with our fiber laser cutting machines. There is three main difference between this machines 1 power of the fiber source. Unlike co 2 fiber technology utilizes a solid gain medium as opposed to a gas or liquid.

Co 2 lasers use an electromagnetically stimulated gas typically a mixture. When oxygen is used as a processing gas the cutting edge is slightly oxidized. Fiber laser cutting systems can certainly cut up to one inch thick with higher fiber laser powers and even cut faster when utilizing nitrogen as the assist gas but the sweet spot where the most significant benefits are realized is in the 5 16 inch and under range for steel when making comparisons with co2 systems. Kern s co2 and fiber laser systems can be equipped with innovative metal cutting technology.

In this case the cutting edge will not be oxidized. If you d like to learn more about ablative laser cutting check out this article on micron scale manufacturing.