The quality of the laser cutting machine mainly depends on its cutting quality, which is the most direct way to check the quality of the equipment. For new customers, when purchasing equipment, they will be asked to look at the laser cutting machine proofing first. In addition to the cutting speed of the equipment, the proofing depends on the cutting quality of the sample. How to look at the cutting quality and what aspects should be paid attention to? The following will give you a detailed introduction.


How to see the cutting quality of laser cutting machine? The following nine criteria are indispensable:


1. Roughness

The laser cutting section will form vertical lines, and the depth of the lines determines the roughness of the cutting surface. The shallower the lines, the smoother the cutting section. Roughness affects not only the appearance of the edge, but also the friction characteristics. In most cases, the roughness needs to be minimized, so the shallower the texture, the better the cut quality.


2. Verticality

When the thickness of the sheet metal exceeds 10mm, the verticality of the cutting edge is very important. As you move away from the focal point, the laser beam becomes divergent and the cut widens towards the top or bottom depending on the position of the focal point. The cutting edge deviates from the vertical line by a few percent of a millimeter, the more vertical the edge, the higher the cutting quality.


3. Cutting width

 


Generally speaking, the width of the cut does not affect the quality of the cut. It is only when a particularly precise contour is formed inside the part that the width of the cut has an important effect. This is because the width of the cut determines the minimum inner diameter of the contour. of increase. Therefore, in order to ensure the same high precision, the workpiece should be constant in the processing area of ​​the laser cutting machine regardless of the width of the incision.


 


4. Texture

When cutting thick plates at high speed, the molten metal does not appear in the incision under the vertical laser beam, but sprays out at the back of the laser beam. As a result, curved lines are formed at the cutting edge, and the lines closely follow the moving laser beam. To correct this problem, reducing the feed rate at the end of the cutting process can greatly eliminate the formation of lines.


5. Glitch

  The formation of burrs is a very important factor that determines the quality of laser cutting. Because the removal of burrs requires extra workload, the severity and amount of burrs can intuitively judge the quality of cutting.


6. Material Deposition

The laser cutting machine first encounters a layer of oil-containing special liquid on the surface of the workpiece before it begins to melt the perforation. During the cutting process, due to vaporization and various materials are not used, the customer uses wind to remove the incision, but the upward or downward discharge will also form deposits on the surface.


7. Dent and Corrosion

Depression and corrosion have a detrimental effect on the surface of the cut edge, affecting the appearance. They appear in cutting errors that should generally be avoided.


8. Heat affected zone

In laser cutting, the area around the cut is heated. At the same time, the structure of the metal changes. For example, some metals will harden. The heat-affected zone refers to the depth of the area where the internal structure changes.


9. Deformation

If the cut causes the part to heat up sharply, it will deform. This is especially important in fine machining, where contours and webs are usually only a few tenths of a millimeter wide. Controlling the laser power and using short laser pulses can reduce part heating and avoid deformation.