Laser cutting of sheet metal and machine programming procedure

V diplomski nalogi sta predstavljena laserski razrez pločevine in postopek programiranja stroja. Laserska tehnologija je doživela zelo veliko rast in uporabo v svetu in pri tem se je laser pokazal kot vsestransko orodje, ki opravlja različne naloge, od najzahtevnejših obdelav z najvišjo kakovostjo do doseganja zelo velikih hitrosti in kakovostne obdelave. Prikazani so postopek programiranja laserskega stroja CO2 in njegove osnovne značilnosti. Prikazane so tudi druge vrste laserjev in njihove osnovne značilnosti ter primerjava postopkov. Spoznali smo se s programskima okoljema TruTops in AutoCAD ter programiranjem laserskega rezalnika. Na koncu smo zapisali enačbe za izračun posameznih stroškov laserskega razreza.This thesis presents the technology of laser cutting sheet metal and the procedure of programming the laser cutter. Laser cutting technology has experienced major growth in industry and has shown itself to be a versatile tool for various tasks ranging from high precision to high speed cutting while maintaining excellent surface quality. Within this thesis is presented the procedure of programming a CO2 laser cutter and its primary properties. Also presented are other forms of laser cutting technology, their properties and comparisons. We\u27ve gotten to know the TruTops and AutoCAD programming environments and the process of programming. Finally presented are the equations used to evaluate the cost of operating a laser cutter