Intro to Application of CO2 laser and fiber laser in metal cutting Lonwill

Application of CO2 laser and fiber laser in metal cutting

1. Maintenance costs

CO2 laser cutting machine: The maintenance cost is high, the front mirror and the tail mirror are expensive, the life of the turbine bearing is short, and the replacement cost is high. Fiber laser cutting machine: low maintenance, basically no consumables, and capable of handling harsh working environments, with a high tolerance for dust, shock, impact, humidity, and temperature.

2. Processing cost

The photoelectric conversion rate of CO2 laser cutting machine is only 8%-10%, while the photoelectric conversion rate of fiber laser cutting machine can reach more than 30%. In terms of long-term metal sheet metal processing, every 1% increase is a great reduction in total cost consumption.

3. Processing technology

The CO2 laser has a complex structure, high maintenance cost, and large beam divergence during processing, which is not suitable for large-format processing. Although the cutting seam is relatively thin, the speed is very slow when processing thick plates. The laser characteristics of fiber laser cutting machine are embodied in miniaturization, intensiveness, high brightness and high conversion rate. For thin plate processing, the cutting speed of fiber laser cutting machine with the same power is 2-3 times higher than that of CO2, and the cutting section is smooth. Nowadays, when cutting steel plates of more than 10mm, the cost performance of fiber laser cutting machine has been widely known, and the choice is greater than the effort.