For those of you who are not familiar with laser technology, we created this section in the hope it will provide answers to some of the basic questions about laser cutting and engraving. Let’s begin.
What is a laser cutting machine?
It’s a device that uses a powerful beam to cut or engrave materials of various levels of thickness, using the parameters provided by a computer. Depending on the type of material and its thickness, the intensity of the laser can be adjusted to either cut or engrave the material.
Laser cutting machines come in different sizes, so the surface onto which a material can be cut can be very small (e.g. stamp-making machines) or industrial (which can have several square meters). Our company’s laser cutting machine measures 1200 x 900 mm.
Fields that use laser technology
The possibility of having millimeter-precision in cutting various materials resulted in the technology being incorporated in different fields that range from architectural scale models, design and advertising production, to fashion and photoengraving.
What are the advantages of laser cutting and engraving?
Precision, first of all. Details of up to 0,1 mm can be obtained, the cutting is done by using a vector file, and everything is computer-controlled, so there are never any deviations.
Another advantage is that, unlike “traditional” cutting and engraving methods, laser technology is much faster and more accurate, and there is basically no physical effort, apart from designing the file on a computer.
Which materials can be laser-cut/engraved?
Pretty much anything, except for glass (which can however be replaced with Plexiglas), metal and rock, although rock can be engraved. A list of materials can be found HERE, but there are many others that can be used.