Laser cutter, as powerful assistants in the modern cutting industry, play a crucial role in many fields.
From a functional perspective, a laser cutting machine is a device that uses a high-energy density laser beam as a heat source to cut materials. It achieves material cutting by focusing a laser beam onto the surface of the material, causing it to immediately melt, evaporate, or burn. At the same time, auxiliary gas is used to blow the melted or vaporized material away from the cutting area, achieving precise cutting of the material cleanly and cleanly, with straight cutting lines and smooth edges.
In terms of applicable materials, its application range is quite extensive. For metal materials, whether they are common carbon steel, stainless steel, or high-end aluminum alloys and titanium alloys, laser cutting machines can handle them with ease. In the non-metallic field, materials such as acrylic, wood, plastic, leather, and fabric can also be easily handled by it.
When it comes to configuration, its core component - laser, currently the mainstream ones are carbon dioxide (CO ₂) laser and fiber laser. The wavelength of CO ₂ laser is 10.6 μ m, which is good at processing some non-metallic materials due to its high absorption rate for specific non-metallic materials; Fiber laser has a wavelength of 1064nm and performs excellently in metal cutting. High power fiber lasers can cut metal sheets up to several centimeters thick.
Of course, there are other lasers such as infrared, ultraviolet, green light, etc., and the configuration of the equipment also needs to be matched and selected according to the characteristics of the materials.
In addition, the cooling system is indispensable. Due to the huge heat generation during laser operation, air or water cooling systems can maintain the critical components of the equipment at an appropriate temperature. Water cooling systems are also standard for high-power equipment to ensure stable operation.