Comparative advantages of laser cutting machine

First of all, as the mainstream of the traditional laser cutting machine, welding equipment using CO2 laser, can stable cutting carbon steel within 20 mm, less than 10 mm stainless steel, aluminum alloy under 8 mm. Optical fiber laser cutting thin plate within 4 mm obvious advantages, the influence of solid laser wavelength it when cutting thick plate quality is poorer. Laser cutting machine also is not everything. There's mastercard & CO2 laser wavelength to 10. 6 um, solid laser, such as YAG and fiber laser wavelength of 1. 06 um, the former is more easily absorbed by nonmetal, can high quality cutting wood, acrylic, non-metallic materials such as PP, organic glass, which is not easily absorbed by nonmetal, so can't cutting non-metallic materials, but the two met in copper, silver, laser high pure aluminum reflective material is helpless.
second, it is because of CO2 and the wavelength of the optical fiber laser cutting machine both an order of magnitude difference, the former is cannot use of optical fiber transmission, which can use optical fiber transmission, greatly increased the processing degree of flexibility. Early before the marketed fiber laser, in order to achieve the three-dimensional processing, we adopt optical joint technology by high precision with the combination of dynamic reflection mirror system will CO2 laser guide to the surface of a three-dimensional curved surface, realize CO2 laser three-dimensional processing, the technology because of the limitation of domestic precision machining technology mainly lies in the hands of a handful of European and American developed countries, expensive, high maintenance requirements, gradually expand market share in optical fiber laser has gradually lost its market at the same time. And fiber laser because it can through the optical fiber transmission, flexible degree of unprecedented increase, especially in automotive industry, because basically is about 1 mm sheet surface processing of optical fiber laser with same flexible robot system, low cost, less point of failure, maintenance convenience, speed fast, is arguably firmly occupied the market.
again, optical fiber laser cutting machine of photoelectric conversion rate above 25%, and the photoelectric conversion rate is only about 10% CO2 laser, the electricity consumption, form a complete set of the cooling system has the advantage of optical fiber laser is quite obvious, if the optical fiber laser manufacturers more appropriate to price a little, and solved the thick plate cutting process, will be a huge CO2 laser is threatened. However, optical fiber laser as a new laser technology, popularity is far less CO2 laser, its stability reliability, convenience of after-sales service remains to be the market's long-term observation.