Laser Cutting: The Most Beneficial Form of Light Emission

Ever since their invention, in fact, even long before that, people have been fascinated by laser technology. They have been the inspiration for countless sci-fi novels, comics, movies, and TV shows, and their properties were often blown out of proportion, but as time passed most of them turned out to be actually true.

Today, the laser (short for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”) plays a huge role in our everyday life and most of us aren’t even aware of it. From entertaining your cat with a laser pointer pen to exploring the universe by propelling spacecrafts with 100 gigawatt lasers and everything in between. And that “everything in between”actually covers quite a lot. Lasers are used in medicine for surgery, eye treatment, dentistry, kidney stone treatment, and so on. The military uses them for marking targets, guiding missiles, as a defense against missiles, and as a weapon. Other uses include cosmetic skin treatments, scientific research, optical discs, printers, bar code scanners, holograms, and the list goes on forever. However, in this article I am going to talk about the use of lasers in the manufacturing industry with a focus on laser cutting technology.

Component manufacturing today is but a far cry from what it used to be in the past. CNC machines use laser cutters to produce high precision parts at record speeds while saving money. Although this technology is quite expensive you don’t really need to own it, since you can easily get online laser cutting services.

Thanks to laser cutting technology, we now have an affordable way to produce virtually any shape from sheet metal or plate. Online laser cutting services are ready to meet your demands whether you require 2D or 3D laser cutting. What’s great about his technology is that it can cut various material without exposing them to high temperatures. What this means is that the molecular structure of materials such as aluminum or plastic, remains undamaged and the parts that have been cut are clean, extremely accurate and have smooth edges. Unlike mechanical cutting, the laser beam will stay sharp and precise, no matter how many times it is used. The fact that most of the process is run by a computer means that there is a smaller chance for human error.

In terms of costs, laser cutting requires less time than conventional cutting, there is less wasted materials, no hard tooling is required, and all that combined gives laser cutting a great economic advantage.

Laser cutting services include working with an expert who knows the properties of the materials and is an expert in using the machine and will help you to either develop a prototype or jump right into production.