Laserstrahl-Hochgeschwindigkeitsschneiden - Laserstrahl-Schnellschneiden: Grenzwertorientierte Prozesse für Fein- und Feinstbleche

Usage and process development of laser beam cutting of thin metal sheets is still progressing. New laser sources among the established types CO2-laser and Nd:YAG-laser provide higher output power and better beam quality. Improvements in drive and control techniques continuously enhance cutting speed and cut quality. At the beginning of its development are new processes using high power diode lasers. Actual possibilities of laser cutting of thin metal sheets are demonstrated on laser slitting of electric steel and on fast cutting of sheets in the thickness range of car body panels. Cutting to length with diode lasers, the latest laser generation, shows new variants of laser beam cutting. This process significantly differs from conventional ablating cutting processes by a simultaneous processing on a line of separation instead of a successive movement of a cutting front