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Issue 051 - Summer 2008

Fine laser cutting

Author: Paul Harrison

Fine laser cutting is an area which in the past has tended to fall through the gap between flatbed, large scale laser cutting on one side and laser micromachining on the other. Such topics are explained in detail elsewhere. Fine laser cutting at the sub-mm level has developed into a topic in its own right and deserves separate consideration.

Fine cutting can be described as cutting a relatively thin and sometimes flexible work-piece to produce small features with high accuracy and repeatability. The figures on this page show a selection of parts produced by fine laser cutting. Such parts can be manufactured in a wide range of materials including many that are either so hard, tough, soft or brittle that they are difficult to process using conventional (contact cutting) methods. The non-contact nature of laser processing and small size of a tightly focused laser beam are key to the fine cutting capability of the process. Several markets have produced a demand for fine laser cutting, driving the development of many different applications.

Fine laser cutting has several features that set it apart from other types of laser cutting. These are addressed below.

 

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