1mm stainless steel is a frequently used material. In terms of cutting and blanking, laser cutting machines are the most accurate and efficient. How do we choose different types of laser cutting machines?
There are many types of stainless steel laser cutting machines. Generally, there are three common types: CO2, optical fiber and YAG. Let’s introduce the three differences:
The fiber laser cutting machine can be transmitted through optical fiber, so its flexibility has been improved unprecedentedly. It has fewer fault points, convenient protection, and extremely fast speed. The fiber laser cutting machine is fast when cutting thin plates within 6MM. The laser wavelength of the optical fiber laser cutting machine is 1.06UM, which is not easy to be absorbed by nonmetals, so it cannot cut nonmetallic materials. The photoelectric conversion rate of the optical fiber laser cutting machine is up to more than 25%, and the advantages of the optical fiber laser cutting machine in electricity consumption, supporting cooling system, etc. are quite obvious.
At present, the optical fiber laser cutting machine is the fastest and most effective metal cutting machine. At the same time, the failure rate of the optical fiber laser cutting machine is low, and it is almost free of maintenance in the later period. However, because many optical fiber accessories, such as optical fiber devices, need to be imported from abroad, the price of the optical fiber laser cutting machine is high. Even though the price is high, the optical fiber laser cutting machine still occupies the market share by virtue of its own advantages.
YAG laser cutting machine
YAG laser cutting machine has the characteristics of low price and good stability, but its energy efficiency is generally less than 3%. At present, the output power of YAG laser cutting machine is about 600w. Due to its small output energy, it is mainly used for drilling, spot welding and thin plate cutting. The wavelength of the YAG laser cutting machine is not easy to be absorbed by nonmetals, so it cannot cut nonmetallic materials. What the YAG laser cutting machine needs to solve is to improve the stability and life of the power supply, that is, to develop a high-capacity, long-life optical pump excitation light source. If the semiconductor optical pump is adopted, the energy efficiency can be greatly increased.
YAG laser cutting machine has been on the market for a long time, and has also occupied a large market share with its low sales price. However, YAG laser cutting machine also has many disadvantages, such as high power consumption, slow cutting speed, poor cutting effect, high failure rate, short service life of consumables, and high maintenance costs in the later period have become an obstacle to its development.
CO2 laser cutting machine
The CO2 laser cutting machines on the market now are mostly used for cutting metal sheets due to their low photoelectric conversion rate, and few manufacturers produce high-power CO2 laser cutting machines. However, the wavelength of CO2 laser is 10.6UM, which is relatively easy to be absorbed by nonmetals. It can cut wood, acrylic, pp, plexiglass and other nonmetallic materials with high quality. Most manufacturers produce about 150W CO2 laser cutting machines for mixed cutting of metals and nonmetals, mainly for the advertising industry.
Which laser cutting machine is better for 1mm stainless steel cutting
1mm stainless steel is the most suitable choice for 500W optical fiber laser cutting machine, which is a high-end processing equipment with excellent processing performance and quality! The cutting speed is not only fast, but also suitable for processing thin plates. The 500W optical fiber laser cutting machine can process 1mm stainless steel at a speed of 16m/min, which is suitable for processing large quantities of products.
