In the laser industry, "high power" means high energy. The higher the power, the more "powerful" it is, which can improve processing capabilities; "high brightness" refers to high energy density. The greater the density, the more "beneficial" it is, which can improve processing capabilities. Processing speed and efficiency.
For medium and thick plate processing, power upgrade is a direct means to improve cutting speed and cutting capability. This is because due to the existence of thermal damage, nonlinear effects, and thermal lens effects, the power of single-mode fiber lasers cannot be infinitely increased. Only through high-power beam combining technology can the power bottleneck of fiber lasers be broken. However, beam combining technology has pros and cons. Each beam combining means a weakening of the beam quality and increases the instability of product applications.
With the support of high-brightness technology, laser cutting has outstanding advantages:
Realize high-speed air cutting, replacing expensive nitrogen and argon cutting processes and slower oxygen cutting, reducing cutting energy consumption and costs.
When processing medium and thin plates of carbon steel and stainless steel, the speed is several times faster and the cutting quality is high. The cutting hours are greatly reduced and the efficiency is improved.
It has obvious advantages in cutting high-reflective materials such as brass and copper, and can be cut easily.
Giving full play to the powerful tool of high brightness, tapping the application potential of laser cutting, and demonstrating the "high-precision" characteristics of high-power fiber lasers are the only way forward for precision laser processing in the future.
After actual testing, 20kW can process stainless steel and carbon steel cutting materials, achieving high speed, high efficiency and high quality.
Air cutting 8mm carbon steel can achieve extreme processing of 21m/min, and the efficiency is increased by 52%;
Air cutting 10mm carbon steel, efficiency increased by 76%;
Air cutting 16mm carbon steel can achieve extreme processing of 6m/min...the speed and efficiency are among the best in the industry.
Nitrogen cutting of 8mm stainless steel can achieve extreme processing of 24m/min;
Nitrogen cutting of 14mm stainless steel can achieve extreme processing of 8.5m/min, which is not only fast but also has good processing quality.
The effect of 60kW air cutting on stainless steel and carbon steel is equally significant.
Cutting 20mm stainless steel, the ultimate speed can reach 12m/min;
When cutting 20mm carbon steel, the ultimate speed can reach 11m/min. Compared with ordinary products, the speed is increased by 10-20%.
Grasping the three major trends of high power, high brightness, and high integration in the laser industry, we will help our users achieve efficiency and quality in the fields of sheet metal processing, energy storage batteries, new infrastructure, and additive manufacturing, and quickly get out of the inward vortex. Continuously lead the improvement of domestic laser technology and promote the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.