The development of technology will bring about many new materials, and more and more metal materials can be used. In order to better utilize these metals, the use of these metal laser cutting machines is also important. So what are the metals that are cut?

Metal suitable for cutting

Metal itself is very hard and can bring good results. That's why if you want to cut metal, you need to use professional equipment, such as a metal laser cutting machine. After use, the metal that can be cut includes structural steel, stainless steel, copper blocks, iron, and other metals.

Firstly, it is clear that cutting metal requires the use of fiber laser cutting machines, which cut stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, aluminum zinc plated plate, galvanized plate, silver and copper, etc. How many watts does laser cutting of these metal materials require, 1000w, 2000w, 10000w?

Different metal materials, thicknesses, and densities will all use different wattage for fiber laser cutting. On the premise of ensuring cutting quality. The thinner the material, the smaller the number of watts used, and the greater the thickness and density, the greater the number of watts used, which means that the higher the power, the better the ability to cut thick plates.

The wattage used for laser cutting different metal materials is as follows

1. The maximum cutting thickness of the 500W fiber laser cutting machine: the maximum thickness of the aluminum plate is 2mm; The maximum thickness of copper plate is 2mm; The maximum thickness of carbon steel is 6mm; The maximum thickness of stainless steel is 3mm;

2. The maximum cutting thickness of the 1000W fiber laser cutting machine: the maximum thickness of the aluminum plate is 3mm; The maximum thickness of copper plate is 3mm; The maximum thickness of carbon steel is 10mm; The maximum thickness of stainless steel is 5mm;

3. The maximum cutting thickness of the 2000W fiber laser cutting machine is 5mm for aluminum plates; The maximum thickness of copper plate is 5mm; The maximum thickness of carbon steel is 16mm; The maximum thickness of stainless steel is 8mm;

4. 3000W fiber laser cutting machine cutting maximum thickness: aluminum plate maximum thickness 8mm; The maximum thickness of copper plate is 8mm; The maximum thickness of carbon steel is 20mm; The maximum thickness of stainless steel is 10mm;

Cutting stainless steel with a maximum of 20mm on a 4500W fiber laser cutting machine, but the quality of the cutting surface above 12mm is not guaranteed. Cutting below 12mm is definitely a bright surface cutting. So it requires fiber laser cutting machines with a power of 6000W or even over 10000W to perform bright surface cutting on thicker metal materials, but the relative machine price is also higher.For thin metal cutting, it is usually 500W-1000W, while for thicker metal materials, such as 25mm, it is best to use a tens of thousands of watt level fiber laser cutting machine.

The above suggestions on cutting wattage are for reference only.

The actual cutting ability is also related to various factors such as fiber laser, cutting head, cutting environment, auxiliary gas, cutting speed, etc.

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