Laser cutting or laser engraving are all very necessary methods that are used in metal fabrications. Manufacturing industries depend on them greatly to fabricate different parts and products. Even though there are other alternatives to this including plasma cutting and water-jet cutting, laser cutting still dominates many metal fabrications workshops. Why is this the case? Let us find out!

Laser cutting is very affordable, reliable, and relatively fast. Depending on the laser cutting system that you have, you can complete both big and large projects that require laser fabrications on time. Our high-end laser cutting machine eats through sheet metal like a hot knife through butter. With the integration of CNC machining, very complex designs can now be fabricated through precision laser cutting.

Laser cutting is preferred in many manufacturing industries for its slow electric power consumption. Its wattage rating is way much low than machines used in other metal cutting methods that we mentioned earlier.

Laser cutting and laser engraving, what is the difference?

Laser cutting is referred to as a subtractive metal fabrication method as some parts of the substrate are eaten away by the laser beam. In this method, a CNC machine directs the high-power laser beam through an optical path to the sheet metal to be cut. The laser head is directed or controlled directly from the design file, usually in a CAD file. The high precision laser beam vaporizes or melts the metal that it gets into contact with, thereby creating a 90-degree high-quality cut.