This article shows that how fiber laser cutting machine works on Aluminium material.
As laser technology develops rapidly, fiber laser cutting machine has occupied the metal processing market in the global.
Laser cutting machine is not only used in the emerging field, but also in the field of traditional machining. It has replaced the traditional inefficient machine tools, such as plasma, flame cutting, water cutting, band sawing, wire cutting, shearing machine, punching machine and so on. It is really an unbelievable market.
① The world’s machine ownership about 20 million units, plasma, flame cutting, water cutting, band sawing, wire cutting, shears, punching, etc. will not be less than one-tenth. It is around 200 million units;
② China’s domestic sales of laser cutting machine in 2017 is more than 6,000 units.
Following is the Galvanized sheet samples and videos by fiber laser cutting system.
laser growth of fiber laser cutting machine
From the market growth analysing, we can know that the laser market is the fastest growing one in the next five years. And high power fiber laser with kilo watt level will be much more popular. And the lasers have obvious advantages. It is widely used in kind of metal processing industry. Especially it plays an important role in metal processing field in future. That is to say the world of lasers will have a huge demand. Also fiber lasers will maintain a steady growth rate.
After reading all above information, welcome to contact us:
Charry with XTLASER here,we will start the Chinese lunar new year holiday,from today to 22th,February.
For Chinese, the Spring festival is the most important for one year,that means a real new year starting,its different with other countries.
It’s interesting that we have 12 Chinese zodiacs in China. More than 30,000 years ago, the Chinese animal signs are a 12-year cycle used for dating the years.
They represent a cyclical concept of time.
In the Chinese calendar,Every year is assigned an animal name or sign according to a repeating cycle: mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
And for 2018,its Dog year,hope Chinese new year will take good luck to you,to all of us:
There are some traditional customs for the Spring festival,sharing with you:
Firstly,sweep the dust
Secondly,paste the couplets
Thirdly,posted window stickers and paste the “blessing” word
Fourthly, New Year
Fifthly, keep watch
Sixthly, fireworks
Seventhly,Happy New Year money
Eighthly,steamed rice cakes
Finally, dumplings
Spring Festival is coming, which means that spring is coming and Vientiane will resume its vegetation renewal. A new round of planting and harvest season begins again. People have just spent a long winter of withered snow and ice, has long been looking forward to the spring day, when the arrival of the New Year, naturally filled with joy singing and dancing to greet the festival.
Happy new year to you,my friends,bring my bless to you.
This article shows the how fiber laser cutting machine work on mild steel.
As laser technology develops rapidly, fiber laser cutting machine has occupied the metal processing market in the global.
Laser cutting machine is not only used in the emerging field, but also in the field of traditional machining. It has replaced the traditional inefficient machine tools, such as plasma, flame cutting, water cutting, band sawing, wire cutting, shearing machine, punching machine and so on. It is really an unbelievable market.
① The world’s machine ownership about 20 million units, plasma, flame cutting, water cutting, band sawing, wire cutting, shears, punching, etc. will not be less than one-tenth. It is around 200 million units;
② China’s domestic sales of laser cutting machine in 2017 is more than 6,000 units.
Following is the mild steel samples and videos by fiber laser cutting system.
laser growth of fiber laser cutting machine
From the market growth analysing, we can know that the laser market is the fastest growing one in the next five years. And high power fiber laser with kilo watt level will be much more popular. And the lasers have obvious advantages. It is widely used in kind of metal processing industry. Especially it plays an important role in metal processing field in future. That is to say the world of lasers will have a huge demand. Also fiber lasers will maintain a steady growth rate.
After reading all above information, if you are interested in fiber laser cutting machines, welcome to contact me:
This article shows the training and installations of fiber laser cutting machine in customers places.
As laser technology develops rapidly, fiber laser cutting machine has occupied the metal processing market in the global.
Today we would like to share our enginners offering training and installations in customers places
Training and installations of Open type fiber laser cutting machine in Thailand customer place.
Honestly speaking, this is the first laser cutting machine in Thailand. Open type model is easier and suitable for loading and unloading metal materials. And this model is the most popular one in Asian and some partial EU market.
2. Training and installations of plate and tube combined fiber laser cutting machine in India customer factory.
Following is cutting video of 2mm stainless steel in customer place.
Meanwhile This plate and tube combined laser cutting machine can cut both metal sheet and tube. It can cut not only pipes, but also square tube, rectangle tubes etc.
Because of the advantage that one machine can meet 2 different cutting purposes, it is becoming more and more popular.
3. Training and installations of full enclosed fiber laser cutting machine with exchanged table in Brazil customers
This model is with full enclosure. And enclosed model could provide fully protection for operators. And camera catching function could help people to know the cutting process.
This type fiber laser cutting machine equips two exchanged shuttles. One shuttle is for metal cutting inside the cutting area. Meanwhile another shuttle is for loading new metal and unloading finished metal parts. After cutting move finishes, machine will exchange table automatically. And time is around 10s for one time exchanging.
Through loading and unloading separately and automatic exchanged tables, machine can do continuous cutting of metal without stop. Then the cutting efficiency will be double increased. So this model is widely popular among customers who will do large production each day.
4. Training and installations of full enclosed fiber laser cutting machine with exchanged table in UK customers
Here attached the cutting video of 2mm stainless steel in UK customer factory.
These models with full cover are popular in Europe countries, America etc developed countries. And they have strict laws of operator protection.
And our machine is cater to CE, FDA standard.
laser growth
From the market growth analysing, we can know that the laser market is the fastest growing one in the next five years. And high power fiber laser with kilo watt level will be much more popular. And the lasers have obvious advantages. It is widely used in kind of metal processing industry. Especially it plays an important role in metal processing field in future. That is to say the world of lasers will have a huge demand. Also fiber lasers will maintain a steady growth rate.
After reading all above information, if you are interested in fiber laser cutting machines, welcome to contact me:
There are several factors that affect the laser cutting process. The laser machine itself, the operator, the surface to be cut — every single element plays an important role in regards to the final result of the cut edge finish quality. That being said, the type of the material and its thickness are the two most crucial factors.
laser cutting process
Surface Thickness
The quality of the cut edge depends equally on the material and on its thickness. The thicker the sheet, the more prominent the formed striations. These striations are formed due to the fact that the molten parts of the metal come in contact with the cold parts and the difference in temperature forms these striations. They affect negatively the finish of the cut edge. The thicker the material, the bolder the striations. For example, the following striations are formed from a CO2 laser machine:
These striations are responsible for the tolerance achievable. For example, in steel sheets less than 1.0mm thick, it’s suggested to offer +/- 0.12mm, in 10mm steel the repeatable tolerance would increase to +/-0.25mm and steel at 20mm thick you should be maintaining +/-0.75mm tolerances.
Laser Power
One way to enhance the quality of the the cut edge and to reduce the formed striations is to use higher powered laser machines. By using lasers with higher power beams we are able to cut thicker metallic sheets easier and faster, having a better quality cut edge.
Laser Technology
The latest technology advancements and the progress in fiber lasers have bolstered the competition between the all-so-popular CO2 lasers and the newcomer Fiber Lasers. Fiber lasers offer increased cutting speeds in comparison to CO2 lasers while they maintain a higher quality cut edge in the corners and on the material surface.
Nonetheless, the cut edge quality notably decreases the thicker the material is.
Material Type
The material type covers the largest spectrum of the different factors
that affect the laser cut edge, with the most important one the type
of the metal itself.
Different metals feature different properties and they react in a different manner when they are being machined by lasers.
The composition and the metal mixture at hand play an important role in the cut edge finish. The levels of of carbon, manganese, silicon, phosphorus and sulphur can all have a bearing on the surface quality provided by laser cutting. For example, the higher the carbon content in mild steel the rougher the cut edge will become.
Material Quality
The quality of the material can affect the laser cut quality drastically. It is advise to only use clean metals without rust or other oils. Low quality metals can prove quite problematic to cut with lasers. Impurities of low grade metals may cause laser cutting problems and diminish the quality of the end result.
Hot rolled steel is another type of machine metal
that is difficult to laser cut due to its surface scale. There’s a high chance the surface will melt in with the metal itself causing poor quality laser cut edges. The surface needs to be as smooth as possible,
free of imperfections otherwise the laser beam focus can be reflecte
affecting the cleanness and the quality of the cut.
You should try to find “laser grade” or “laser ready” steel which
is specifically machine for laser cutting and engraving purposes.
What is the reason that more and more entrepreneurs decide to buy fiber laser cutting machines that cut in fiber laser technology? Just one thing is certain – the price is no reason in this case. The cost of this kind of machine is the highest. So it must offer some possibilities that make it technology leader.
This article will be a recognizing of all cutting technologies working terms. It will be also a confirmation that a price is not always the most important argument for investment.
Advantage of fiber laser cutting
At first, it’s necessary to know your working terms well. What types of materials the machine will cut? Are there be a lots of materials to be cut that you should buy the machine? Maybe the outsourcing would be better solution? The other important point is a budget. Even if you have not enough money, you can use different ways of financing. There are many grant sources which can make your financial situation better.
If you would like to analyse cutting precision, the fiber laser is the best technology. It is even 12 times better than plasma cutting and 4 times better than water cutting. So, the fiber laser cutting will be the best solution for the companies that need get masterpiece of precision, even for the most complicated elements. The one of reason of this level of precision is very narrow cutting gap. The fiber laser technology lets also get perfect shape of small holes.
Another advantage of laser cutting machines is the best cutting speed. However the water cutting is also very precise but it takes much more time. The fiber laser cutting machines achieves even 35 m/min speed. It ensures immeasurably better efficiency.
It’s also important to pay attention to the slag, that is set on the element after the cutting process. It makes necessary to waste more time for cleaning. It generates also more costs and more time for preparing final product in this way. The slag is particularly inherent during the plasma cutting process.
Why fiber laser cutting better than Plasma cutting
There is one more reason that laser machines are better than plasma machines. Laser cutting is not so loud as loud like plasma cutting. Even cutting under the water can’t stop generating noise.
The thickness is particularly the only limitation for the laser technology. Working with thin materials, fiber is suitable – in this case the fiber laser is the winner. Unfortunately, if you use materials over 20 mm, you should think about another technology or buy the machine over 6 kW (it is not profitable). You can also modify your plans and buy two machines: 4 kW or 2 kW laser machine and the plasma cutting machine.
Now, when you know some facts, there will be presented things about the costs. The fiber laser technology is the most expensive technology. Cheaper are waterjets but the cheapest is plasma technology. The situation is changed comparing machine cost of operation. The cutting costs are relatively low in fiber laser technology.
Generally, the fiber laser technology is the most universal. It lets cut a lots of materials – metals, glass, wood, plastic and many other. It is also the master of precision and look of cut out elements. If you use thin materials often, the fiber laser cutting machine is the most optimal choice for you.
How to Choose fiber laser cutting
When you made a decision and chose fiber, you must think about the model. It doesn’t mean the producers analyse. It means parameters. There are many parameter combinations that determine the best choice of solution..
General idea is that the laser power grows with the material’s thickness. Mostly you can find machines that power is in range 2-6 kW. If the thickness is constant, the speed grows with the power value. But it isn’t good idea to cut very thin materials using 6 kW. It is not effective and generates a lot of costs. You should know the machines price depends on the laser’s power. These differences are so big. It’s better not to choose too high laser power.
Now, there a lot of additional equipment for the laser cutting machines. They should make the parameters better. Depends of your needs it is possible to choose some components and get synergy effect. It is the innovating system that reduces piercing time thanks the optic colours and temperature analyse. Using analysed parameters, controller LPM (Laser Power Monitor) takes the control of the laser beam and prevents micro explosions during the piercing and limits slag creating. The important advantage of this system is the working table protection and longer life time of nozzles and filters.
If you do correct analysis of market offer you can avoid many mistakes. You should know the newest solutions. Any doubts you should discuss with specialist. This approach to the purchase of the laser machine gives you a real possibility to avoid wasting of money and make your advantages stronger.
Well, we think the future of fiber laser cutting is already here and has hit the industry with a resounding crash, with the onset of rapid growth in the power and speed of fiber laser technology. Fiber laser machines became a production reality in 2010 and are currently at 10-12kW. The major impact that the new generation fiber lasers have had is the absolute necessity of some form of automation. The capability and speed of these lasers far outstrips the physical capabilities of the laser operatives and traditional ways of loading and unloading CO2 lasers.
The machine itself is now almost a plug and play, everything around
the machine has become so much more important.
The machine’s dynamics make programming and nesting more critical than ever!
The efficiency of the machine drop creating the interesting juxtaposition of more throughput, lower actual cutting times due to the huge increases in cutting speed.
Getting the parts away from the machine – post cutting and de-nesting – is critical. Skeleton and scrap removal become mightily important as the machine needs to be ready to cut again in the shortest possible time. All of these things, without automation, become impossible with efficiencies dropping to 30% or below compared to current CO2 efficiencies of 70% plus.
XT LASER’S latest investment in Fiber Laser Cutting technology
In recent years, XT LASER used many newest fiber laser cutting technology to our fiber laser cutting machine. Watch the new machine precisely cut this 2mm sheet of aluminium in the video below.
We will continue to offer detailed fiber laser cutting technology.
What should we pay attention to cutting round hole of laser cutting machine
More and more enterprises begin to use laser cutting hole, because the laser processing of flexibility and high efficiency .
500W fiber laser cutting machine idle speed of 90 meters per minute cam meet needs of high-speed cutting
in addition, the hole section of the laser processing is more smooth,
the hole diameter can also modify the infinite, meet the diverse needs of the factory.
However, with a laser cutting machine processing hole is not very simple, but need some skills.
Let the laser engineers give you analysis of the reasons and matters needing attention
Not suitable for air blowing of fiber laser cutting machine
The blowing process, when the pressure is too small will appear scraping the edge of slag, carbonization.
the pressure is too large and easy to burst holes.So this requires process proofing division and machine perfect fit, with experience to select the appropriate pressure.so that the cutting hole is more full.
Circular hole is too small of fiber laser cutting machine
Laser cutting machine cutting hole is the best option hole ratio of 1:1, that is to say the proportion of pore size and thickness is 1:1.
of course,this ratio means that the bigger the aperture is, the easier it is to cut the high quality round hole.
Otherwise, when the energy of the fiber laser cutting machine is insufficient, the cutting hole is easy to break out of the breakpoint and the circular hole is not round.
Servo motor parameter error of fiber laser cutting machine
Sometimes there will be a hole elliptic or irregular phenomenon,this is related to the mismatch of XY axis motion.
The direct cause of XY does not match the motion parameters of the servo motor is not appropriate adjustment.
Therefore, the quality of cutting round hole also has certain requirements for servo motor.
Precision error of guide rail and lead screw of fiber laser cutting machine
If the servo motor parameter error affects the cutting quality, then the precision error of the guide rail and lead screw will lead to the accuracy of the circular hole can not reach the expected.
So it is very important to choose high quality with Premium Brands .
A laser cutter can cut, engrave, or score materials in any pattern that you choose –
you’ll need to understand how to give it the correct instructions. Laser cutters come with drivers that interface with a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design applications, translating your design work into instructions for the machine to create cuts that are precise to the millimeter. Here are some of the available options:
laser cutting sample
2-D Design Software Options-laser cutters
Adobe Illustrator – This design software is popular among graphic designers for its versatility and precision. It can be used to create high-quality designs.
CorelDRAW – With a robust catalog of stencils and built-in tools, experts in CorelDRAW can make custom graphics and intricate designs that fully leverage the precision of laser cutters.
AutoCAD – This groundbreaking application is a favorite of architects, engineers, technologists, construction professionals, and anyone looking for unparalleled quality and precision through the design process. AutoCAD creat to support quality/precision in the design process.
The above is about second part about laser cutting machine, we will continue for more to help you make the right choice.
