In the past decade, fiber laser has completely changed the processing technology of industrial materials with its unique combination of performance, reliability and cost advantages. Optical fiber laser source has replaced many traditional metal cutting methods in existing applications, which makes possible new applications that cannot be solved by previous technologies. One of the outstanding applications is that the fiber laser cutting machine can handle reflective metals with good results.
What is reflective metal?
“Highly reflective metal” is a common word that almost all metal processing practitioners know. But what does this actually mean? In order to understand what is reflective metal, it is important to know the composition of metal first. Take aluminum and silver for example. They have high reflectivity and can reflect 95% of visible light. Laser cutting and marking aluminum and silver products are widely used in windows, jewelry, sunglasses, decorative materials. Other reflective metals, such as gold, bronze, copper and brass, are also difficult to laser cut with fiber lasers. Stainless steel is also considered a reflective metal, especially when mirror polishing steel objects. All of these reflective metals must be processed by an optical fiber laser source.
How to cut reflective metal?
Laser processing on reflective metals requires a special fiber laser source. As the reflected beam will damage the laser machine, Chuyu Optoelectronics Company uses optical fiber laser cutting machine to cut reflective metal. Fiber laser is the most modern, fastest and cost-effective method for cutting thin reflective metal plates. Because these lasers do not use mirrors and precision lenses, the reflection of metals such as copper, aluminum and brass will not damage the cutting equipment. Therefore, fiber laser technology is the best way to cut reflective metal.
Advantages of Chuyu photoelectric laser cutter:
·Stable processing and polishing of stainless steel, aluminum, brass and copper: Fiber laser is specially configured on our fiber laser cutting machine, which is specially used to cut highly reflective sheet metal. The fiber laser source integrates a proprietary back reflection isolator, which can protect all modules from the back reflection generated by the workpiece. The whole cutting process is safe and stable without damaging the laser source.
·Longest uptime and lowest cost of ownership: Our optical fiber laser metal cutting machine is designed to enable end users to regularly manage maintenance and service, thus extending the normal operation time of the machine, reducing the cost of ownership and greatly improving the customer experience.
·Improved cutting performance: Our optical fiber laser metal cutting machine is specially designed for the precision metal parts manufacturing industry. They are widely welcomed by customers for their faster fine processing performance and better processing quality with the smallest heat affected zone.
