{"id":20108,"date":"2021-07-01T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T12:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/products\/laser-material-processing\/applikationen\/laserschneiden\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:19:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T13:19:57","slug":"laser-cutting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/en\/products\/laser-material-processing\/applications\/laser-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"Laser cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;18&#8243; wrap_container=&#8221;yes&#8221; section_skin=&#8221;parallax&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1623660452678{padding-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1543888239030{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"page-top page-header-1   wpb_custom_2a9d21ec3bca3fcc4fd4297ed437a594\" data-appear-animation=\"fadeInUp\" data-appear-animation-delay=\"200\"><style>.page-top { background: none; border-bottom: none; } .page-top .page-title:not(.b-none):after { display: none; }.page-top .breadcrumbs-wrap { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.7)}.page-top .breadcrumbs-wrap a { color: #ffffff }.page-top .page-title {color: #ffffff;font-size: 2.75em;}<\/style><div class=\"container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"breadcrumb\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><li class=\"home\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/en\/\" title=\"Go to Home Page\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><i class=\"delimiter\"><\/i><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-title-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-title\"><\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row wrap_container=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;sect&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Nowadays <strong>Laser cutting<\/strong> is a key technology in material processing and has developed a new area of application in manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Cutting of metals is being carried out by local heating above the materials melting point via the lasers beam focal point. The generated fused material will be removed by gas positioned coaxial to the laser beam so a kerf is produced. While at traditional mechanical methodes massive tooling creates enormous forces to the materials, the laser works contact-free. As a result of this, the laser as a tooling doesn\u2019t wear out, nor does the work piece deforms.<\/p>\n<p>A distinction is made between <strong>laser flame cutting<\/strong>, <strong>fusion cutting<\/strong> and <strong>sublimation cutting<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1644836419304{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><strong>Advantages of laser cutting vs. mechanical cutting processes at a glance:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High flexibility and therefore low minimum piece quantity<\/li>\n<li>Almost all materials are sliceable by laser<\/li>\n<li>High utilisation of materials<\/li>\n<li>Cutting edges in micrometer size feasible \u2013 often no need for post-processing<\/li>\n<li>Engraving and marking with the same laser in the same process step possible<\/li>\n<li>Contact-free and very low-wear processing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><strong>Many good reasons for CW fiber lasers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Traditionally gas-based CO<sub>2\u00a0<\/sub>lasers has been used for cutting metals, however they are being substituted more and more by CW fiber lasers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About 40% higher efficiency of fiber laser vs. CO<sub>2\u00a0<\/sub>lasers and therefore less cooling efforts required.<\/li>\n<li>Nowadays fiber lasers are very compact and almost maintenance-free<\/li>\n<li>Due to shorter wavelength of fiber laser vs. CO<sub>2\u00a0<\/sub>lasers, the absorption especially on metals is higher.<\/li>\n<li>The transport of the laser beam to the process optic is via a very flexible process fiber and doesn\u2019t need deflection and positioning optics as with the CO<sub>2\u00a0<\/sub>lasers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In some cases a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/en\/products\/light-sources\/cw-qcw-fiber-laser\/qcw-faserlaser\/\">pulsed fiber laser (QCW)<\/a> shows better results than a CW fiber laser (CW = continous wave) as a high energy input into the material supports the cutting process.<\/p>\n<p>With Maxphotonics for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/en\/products\/beam-sources\/cw-qcw-fiber-laser\/cw-faserlaser\/#cw-rackmount\">CW fiber lasers<\/a> as well as with RayTools for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/en\/products\/laser-material-processing\/products\/laser-process-optics\/laser-processing-heads-for-cutting\/#2d\">laser process optics for cutting<\/a>, we have strong partners and suppliers of theses components!<\/p>\n<p>Cutting of organic materials you&#8217;d use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/en\/products\/light-sources\/co2-laser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO<sub>2<\/sub> lasers of our partner Kern Technologies.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"1118\"\n\t\t height=\"629\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MAX_MFMC-15000_cutting.mp4'>PRO-Series MFMC laser cutting<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MAX_MFSC-4000_cutting.mp4'>PRO-Series MFSC laser cutting<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MAX_MFMC-15000_cutting.mp4\",\"type\":\"video\/mp4\",\"title\":\"PRO-Series MFMC laser cutting\",\"caption\":\"PRO-Series MFMC laser cutting\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:31\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},\"resized\":{\"width\":1118,\"height\":629}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}},{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MAX_MFSC-4000_cutting.mp4\",\"type\":\"video\/mp4\",\"title\":\"PRO-Series MFSC laser cutting\",\"caption\":\"PRO-Series MFSC laser cutting\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:36\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},\"resized\":{\"width\":1118,\"height\":629}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.eqphotonics.de\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery interval=&#8221;10&#8243; 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