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In recent years, with the development of laser technology, laser cutting machines have been widely used in various industries. At present, there are two kinds of most used: fiber laser cutting machines and CO2 laser cutting machines. Many friends who want to buy laser cutting machines, don’t they? Which one is better? What is the difference between them?
Next, the technical management supervisor of Leapion Laser will share with you what are the advantages of fiber laser cutting machine and CO2 laser cutting machine, and help you choose the most suitable machine. The specific differences are as follows:
Fiber laser cutting machine, suitable for cutting metal plates and pipes, such as: stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, silicon steel, spring steel, aluminum, aluminum alloy, galvanized sheet, aluminized zinc sheet, pickling sheet, copper, silver, gold , Titanium, etc.
CO2 laser cutting machine is suitable for cutting non-metallic materials, such as wood products, paper, leather, cloth, plexiglass, epoxy resin, acrylic, wool, plastic, rubber, ceramic tiles, crystal, jade, bamboo products, etc.
Remarks: The high-power carbon dioxide laser machine can also cut metal materials.
Fiber laser cutting machines are currently used in various manufacturing and processing industries. Fiber laser cutting systems are mainly suitable for processing thin to medium thickness sheet metal. For example: all kinds of machinery, electronics industry, automobile manufacturing, jewelry, medical fields, etc.
CO2 laser cutting machine is widely used in processing various materials and thick metal plates, such as clothing, leather, cloth toys, computer embroidery and cutting, electronic appliances, models, handicrafts, advertising and decoration, packaging and printing, paper products and other industries.
Laser cutting has no burrs, wrinkles and high precision. The CNC laser cutting system can conveniently cut workpieces of different shapes and sizes, saving processing costs and reducing production costs.
Compared with the CO2 cutting machine, the fiber cutting beam quality is better: the focused spot is smaller, the cutting line is more precise, the work efficiency is higher, and the processing quality is better.
The photoelectric conversion rate of fiber laser cutting technology is higher. The photoelectric conversion rate of fiber laser cutting machine is 25%-30%, while the actual utilization rate of CO2 laser cutting machine is generally only about 8%-10%. It can be seen that the overall energy consumption of the fiber cutting system is about 3 times less than that of the carbon dioxide cutting system, and the power consumption of the whole machine is only 20-30% of the same kind of CO2 laser cutting machine, so the fiber laser processing is more energy-saving.
The fiber laser cutting machine hardly needs any maintenance. The fiber laser cutting machine has no laser working gas, optical fiber transmission, and no reflective lens, which can save a lot of maintenance costs.
However, the CO2 gas laser system needs regular maintenance. For example, the turbine needs to be maintained and refurbished, the reflector needs to be maintained and calibrated, and the resonant cavity needs to be cleaned regularly to ensure the purity of carbon dioxide, which is expensive.
A. The cutting speed of the fiber laser cutting machine is higher, which is twice that of the same power CO2 laser cutting machine.
B. The operation of the fiber laser cutting machine is very convenient and simple. It is optical fiber transmission and does not need to adjust the optical path.
C. Fiber laser cutting machine has super flexible light guiding effect, small size, compact structure, easy to flexible processing requirements.
In summary, fiber laser cutting machine and CO2 laser cutting machine have their own advantages and disadvantages. Although optical fiber has many advantages, the cutting range of fiber laser is relatively narrow. Due to the wavelength, it can only cut metal materials, and non-metals are not easily absorbed, which affects the cutting range.
As a traditional laser cutting, CO2 laser cutting machine has stronger cutting ability, but fiber cutting saves more cost and energy than CO2 cutting, and can bring more economic benefits.
The above are the 6 main differences between fiber laser cutting machine and CO2 laser cutting machine. How to choose a laser cutting machine that suits you? You should consider it according to your own needs and budget. The thickness of the cutting material can be determined according to the specific power requirements. Leapion Laser has been focusing on the laser machine industry for 12 years. We are online 7×24 hours. For more professional questions, please contact us!
