Laser Cutting

When laser cutting (only partially applicable to laser fine cutting), a distinction must be made between two different processes: laser flame cutting process and laser fusion cutting process. In laser cutting (only partially applicable to laser fine cutting), a distinction must be made between two fundamentally different processes: laser flame cutting process: (cutting gas O2, cut edges coated with a brown to black oxide layer), application: in iron and iron-containing materials. Primarily in structural steels and stainless steels. Laser fusion cutting process: (inert cutting gas N2 or Ar under high pressure, cut edges free of oxide), application: in all types of steels, particularly advantageous in stainless steels, in aluminum and aluminum alloys. In special cases, for titanium implants (when nitriding of the cut edges is not permitted, use of Ar at very high gas costs).