Three Things Laser Cutting Can Do That Other Types Of Machine Cutting Cannot
Laser cutting, regardless of how it is used, has numerous advantages over any other method or type of cutting machine. If you are deciding between buying a laser cutter for your manufacturing plant and just updating whatever cutting machine your company currently owns and operates, you need a little more information about laser cutters to make a good decision. The following points will clarify what a laser cutter does better and why you should purchase one for your factory.
Perfect Edges Every Time
You know how kids sometimes like grilled cheese sandwiches without the crusts but they do not want you to cut away too much of the bread and cheese? You have to get really good at cutting the crusts off really close to the edge of the bread without butchering the sandwich. That is exactly what a laser cutter does. It delivers perfect edges every time with virtually no roughness that needs to be smoothed or removed. The edges do not even have to be straight lines or perfect angles because the laser can make circles, semi-circles and even latticed edges if you need the machine to do that.
Perfect Holes Every Time, with No Lead-in Cuts
If the products you manufacture require that you make holes of some kind (e.g., holes for bolts or screws later in the manufacturing process), the laser cutter can do that without having to cut a lead-in line. This is preferable to other machines that might have to use a lead-in cut to get to the spot where a hole is supposed to go. Since lead-in cuts have to be welded back together and sealed to prevent a weakness and flaw in construction, you can bypass that completely by programming the laser cutter to cut the holes exactly where you need them; no welding after the fact is ever needed.
Three-Hundred-Sixty Degree Cutting
The laser pivots, swivels, and moves on an x and y axis in a very natural and fluid movement. You need to cut a barrel into strips along its horizontal access to create steel rings? The laser can do that. You want vertical strips instead of horizontal rings? It can do that too. Even tight zigzags are a possibility, so long as your laser machine programmer knows how to enter the data and make the requests necessary to move the laser this way and that. There are no other cutting machines that can deliver 360 degree precision cutting.
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