Laser technology uses the energy released when the laser beam irradiates the surface of the metal plate to melt the metal plate and blow away the molten slag by gas. The laser source is generally a carbon dioxide laser beam with a working power of 300 ~ 5000 watts. This power level is lower than that required by many household electric heaters, but the laser beam is concentrated in a small area through lenses and mirrors. The high concentration of energy can conduct rapid local heating to melt the metal plate. In addition, due to the energy
The amount of special water chiller for laser cutting machine is very concentrated, so only a small amount of heat is transmitted to other parts of the metal plate, resulting in little or no deformation. Laser can be used to cut the blank with complex shape very accurately, and the cut blank does not need to be further processed.
Stainless steel below 16mm can be cut by laser cutting equipment. Stainless steel with thickness of 8 ~ 10mm can be cut by adding oxygen to the laser beam, but a thin oxide film will be formed on the cutting surface after oxygen cutting. The maximum thickness of cutting can be increased to 16mm, but the dimensional error of cutting parts is large.
The price of laser cutting equipment is quite expensive, about more than 2 million yuan. However, because the cost of subsequent process treatment is reduced, it is feasible to use this equipment in large-scale production. Because there is no cutting tool processing cost, the laser cutting equipment is also suitable for producing small batches of parts of various sizes that cannot be processed originally. Laser cutting equipment usually adopts computerized digital control technology (CNC) device. After using this device, cutting data can be received from computer aided design (CAD) workstation by telephone line