Process: Cutting

Laser cutting is one of the biggest applications of lasers in materials processing. For example:

Metalics;
Non-Metalics;
Organics.

The wavelength, power, beam quality and spot size are some of the parameters that determine the cutting dynamics. Pulsed lasers are used for fine cutting of thin metals and CW lasers are used for cutting wide range of material thickness, as thick as up to 1.5 inches.

Ytterbium fiber lasers operating at the 1070 nm wavelength are perfect for laser cutting. The operating wavelength, multikilowatt power, good beam quality, wide operating power range, power stability, small spot size are some of the qualities the fiber lasers offer for most cutting applications.

Application Examples:

Micromachining;
Resize silicon wafers for solar panels;
2-D profile cutting in sheet metals;
Cutting automotive hydroform tubes, cradles and side pillars;
Tube cutting (hydroformes);
3-D cutting;
High pressure clean cutting of stainless steels and aluminum.

Typical Lasers for this application:

YLR SM Series: 100W-1.5kW Single Mode Ytterbium Fiber Laser @1064 nm

YLR HP Series: 500W-20kW Multi Mode High Power Ytterbium Fiber Laser @ 1070nm

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