The laser cutting machine is to focus the laser emitted from the laser into a high power density laser beam through the optical path system. The laser beam is irradiated on the surface of the workpiece, making the workpiece reach the melting point or boiling point, while the high-pressure gas coaxial with the beam blows the molten or vaporized metal away. With the movement of the relative position of the beam and the workpiece, the material is finally formed into a slit, so as to achieve the purpose of cutting.
Laser cutting machine is a technological revolution in sheet metal processing, and is the "processing center" in sheet metal processing; laser cutting machine has a high degree of flexibility, fast cutting speed, high production efficiency, and short product production cycle, which has won a wide range of customers. In the market, the effective life of this technology is long. Most of the foreign plates with a thickness of more than 2 mm use laser cutting machines. Many foreign experts agree that the next 30-40 years will be the golden age for the development of laser processing technology.
Generally speaking, it is recommended to use a laser cutting machine for cutting metal materials such as carbon steel plates within 12mm and stainless steel plates within 10mm. The laser cutting machine has no cutting force and no deformation during processing: no tool wear, good material adaptability: whether it is simple or complex parts, it can be cut with a single precision rapid prototyping laser: the slit is narrow, the cutting quality is good, and the degree of automation is high. Easy to operate, low labor intensity, no pollution: automatic cutting and nesting, improved material utilization, low production cost and good economic benefits.
There are many factors to consider when purchasing a laser cutting machine. In addition to considering the maximum size, material, maximum thickness to be cut and the size of the raw material of the workpiece currently processed, more need to consider the future development direction, such as the size of the product. The size of the largest workpiece to be processed after the technical modification, the width of the materials provided by the steel market, which is the most economical for your own products, the loading and unloading time, etc.