When it comes to cutting sheet metal, there are numerous methods to consider. Plasma, water, and laser cutting are all great choices and can make the metal fabrication process significantly more efficient. While there are pros and cons to consider about each individual method, our goal here is to brag about the benefits of laser cutters in the steel fabrication process.
Efficient and appropriate machines + Precision Cutting = less waste
Less waste = quicker production times, lower costs, happy customers
Upgrading to fiber laser cutting is your final answer. Here are for your reference.
1. Efficient and appropriate machines
Bystronic or Trumpf CO2 machine quality are high-end brands, which have excellent dynamic performance, excellent machine tool structure and CNC control system performance.
2. Fiber laser is more precision than other methods.
- Coherent Photons: The laser-cutting mechanisms leverage a consistent stream of photons synchronized to one steady and intense energy beam to increase preciseness. The steady beam of lights fastidiously slices through metal, glass, and more.
- Low Laser-Cutting Tolerances: The resultant cuts with laser-cutting mechanisms typically boast a very low range of variation from the intended design. Compared to manual cutting, the laser is a lot faster and more exact, with guaranteed identical and rapid cuts each time.
- Fiber Optics Precision: Modern and advanced laser cutters leverage fiber optic lenses to guide and control the laser positioning from the laser head. This ensures the point of precision is much clearer and more direct for the laser beam.
- Less Damage to Material: Compared with other methods, laser cutting doesn’t damage the material surrounding the cut because the laser beam doesn’t directly contact your material. Ideally, it is the heat that is cutting the material. Less material damage ensures more consistent results.
- High Intricacy: Laser-cutting machines are ideal for undertaking highly intricate and detailed work due to their guaranteed fidelity, unmatched control, and low tolerance.
3. Quicker production times
- Fiber lasers are known for their unbelievable cut speeds, specifically when it comes to thin materials.
- They are also improving in their ability to process thicker metals. When it comes to cutting thicker materials, high-power fiber lasers are able to compete with CO2 machine like never before. They have been shown to handle sheets ¼” or thicker at comparable speeds to CO2. For example, a 12-kW fiber laser can cut ½” mild steel at 150 IPM.
- Due to upgrading solution is based on original Bystronic or Trumpf CO2 machine, there are no changes in driver system, operating system and machine structure, it will save much time to learn new system.
4. Lower costs
- Fibre laser cutting requires little to no maintenance while CO2 cutting requires timely maintenance.
- Fibre laser reduces power consumption whereas CO2 and other lasers needs more power.
