Measurement of roughness of the laser cutting edge

This bachelor thesis elaborated as a part of branch 2307 engineering studies describes metal laser cutting and its industrial use. The thesis consists of theoretical part and experimental part. The theoretical part describes physical and constructive principle of industrial lasers, its individual types, advantages and use. The experimental part goes into results of common quality steel oxidizing cutting. The CO2 laser from TRUMPF company was used in this experiment. Cut defect appearance and final roughness of cutting edge were the subject of evaluation. The conclusion summarizes effect of material chemical composition and cutting proces parameters on cutting results