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Offline Will_D

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Laser Cutting SS
« on: June 01, 2015, 03:58:19 PM »
Anyone any first hand experience of what the state of the art laser cutters do on thin (0.7 - 1.0mm ) stainless sheet?

I would hope for a very clean edge but what about colouration of the cut edges?

Is it a one step process from raw to finished item?

MTIA  :beer:
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Offline John Stevenson

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Re: Laser Cutting SS
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2015, 06:42:58 PM »
Yes, they make a marvellous job at these thickness's.
They cut SS with nitrogen so stop surface cracks and so there is no discolouration at all, the cut edge is silver shiny.
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Re: Laser Cutting SS
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2015, 04:58:10 AM »
Thanks John for the reply!

In response its "Oh Bugger, This project is go and so its going to cost me money now"
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Re: Laser Cutting SS
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2015, 07:09:19 AM »
Here is a picture of some 1mm stainless which  we cut at work, it was cut on a 4kw Trumpf 3030.
If you need more info / help just ask
Regards,
Dave
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