TopTech Laser Cutting Tips II

--YAG Laser CNC Cutting Machine

Laser cutting is a non-touching processing way to avoid machine pressure and have perfect working process on the surface. The super control system, Eckelmann EXC880, makes not only precision processing, but also sharp angle, small hole, and more complicated geometric figure cutting which can’t be done by traditional cutting die process. With advanced IBE nesting system inside Eckelmann EXC880 which adopt on TopTech laser cutting machines, it totally reduce human cost and material lost.

After more than 20 years development of laser technology updating and working process all over the world, laser cutting technology and laser cutting machines had been accepted and familiar with vast plates processors about high effective, high precision, perfect cutting finish of laser cutting process.

According to different types of laser sources, right now there are 3 main types of laser cutting machines: CO2 laser cutting machine, YAG laser cutting machine (also called solid laser cutting machine), and fiber laser cutting machine.

TopTech would like to share the differences, advantages of these 3 types laser cutting methods.

II YAG laser cutting machine

YAG Laser CNC Cutting Machine

YAG fiber laser cutting machine has low price, stable characteristics, but its energy efficiency is very low, normally less than 3%. Now YAG laser cutting machine max out put power is less than 8000W. Due to output power is small, YAG laser cutting machine usually be used on cutting thin plates’ holes. Its green laser light can be used with pules or continuous wave (CW). With short wave and good light focusing ability, YAG laser cutting machine especially used for precision process. And with pules it is most effective on spots cutting. And it also can be used on cutting, welding and marking functions.

YAG laser cutting machine’s wave length is not long, so it can’t be absorbed by non-metal materials. That is to say it can’t cut non-metal materials.

ADVANTAGES of YAG laser cutting machine:

YAG laser cutting machine can cut Aluminium plats and Copper plates and other color metal materials which other types laser cutting machine can’t cut. And the machine purchasing price is best, operation cost is low, maintenance is easy. As well as it has less limits on operators.

ATTENTIONAL on YAG laer cutting machine:

It only can cut less than 8mm materials, and the cutting effective is very low. YAG laser cutting machine’s pulse is like Xenon lamp, which usually max can be used 20 days. That is to say every 20 days, it need to be exchanged. Undoubtedly it is a huge expense. The lights mirrors are reflector, enlarge beam optic, protection optic, which are all important consumable parts of YAG laser cutting machine. If the machine maintenance well, these optics can be sued as long as 3 months, but to maintenance YAG laser cutting machine well is very difficult.

Within 8mm thickness cutting requires, YAG laser cutting machine would be suitable for color metal cutting, which can be used on household appliances, kitchen ware, decoration, advertisement manufacturing process.

YAG laser cutting machine will take over line cutting machine, punching machine, water cutting machine in the market.

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TopTech Laser Cutting Tips I

--Fiber laser CNC cutting machine

Laser cutting is a non-touching processing way to avoid machine pressure and have perfect working process on the surface. The super control system, Eckelmann EXC880, makes not only precision processing, but also sharp angle, small hole, and more complicated geometric figure cutting which can’t be done by traditional cutting die process. With advanced IBE nesting system inside Eckelmann EXC880 which adopt on TopTech laser cutting machines, it totally reduce human cost and material lost.

After more than 20 years development of laser technology updating and working process all over the world, laser cutting technology and laser cutting machines had been accepted and familiar with vast plates processors about high effective, high precision, perfect cutting finish of laser cutting process.

According to different types of laser sources, right now there are 3 main types of laser cutting machines: CO2 laser cutting machine, YAG laser cutting machine (also called solid laser cutting machine), and fiber laser cutting machine.

TopTech would like to share the differences, advantages of these 3 types laser cutting methods.

I Fiber laser cutting machine--TopTech FIBER II

Fiber laser cutting machine, TopTech Fiber II, transfers laser source through fiber, which is much more improving its flexibility. With fiber as laser transportation material, fiber laser cutting machine has least stoppage, least maintaining process, fastest cutting speed among these 3 types laser sources. But due to its wave length is 1.06um, which can’t be non-metal absorbed, it can’t cat non-metal materials.

Fiber laser’s light-electric percent conversion can reach as high as more than 25%. And its cost on electric and cooling system is best than other tow’s. According to International safety standard, fiber laser damage is on 4^th class, so when people operates fiber laser cutting machine, it must have safety cover to protect people’s eyes. TopTech have ability to according to customers’ requires to design and manufacture out side cover.

ADVANTAGES of fiber laser cutting machine:

Fiber laser mode is good for metal cutting. Its light-electric conversion can as twice as CO2 laser source. And during cut thin stainless steel, carbon steel plates, the cutting speed is fastest one among these 3 types laser sources. Kerf of fiber laser is thinnest, and facula of fiber laser is best, which these 2 points had used on precise cutting.

ATTENTION on fiber laser cutting machine:

1. Right now the key parts of fiber laser source is held in 1 or 2 European and USA manufacturers. So the price of fiber laser machine is very expensive.

2. During fiber laser cutting, due to the kerf is very thin, the gas consumption need a lot, especially with nitrogen cutting.

3. Fiber laser cutting machine is very difficult to cut Aluminium plates and Copper plates.

4. For fiber laser cutting machine, usually be used on less than 12mm thickness plates, which can reach high precision cutting. And with more than 2000W fiber laser cutting machines appeared, as TopTech Whitney lasers, fiber laser cutting machine will take over CO2 high power laser cutting machines in the market.

PROTEC live cutting work with Kjellberg + Eckelmann cutting controller

TopTech PROTEC gantry CNC cutting machine

It can equip with 8 flame torches at the same time, and 2 plasma torches at the same time.
Protec gantry CNC flame & plasma cutting machine is for high accuracy requires.
It equip with German Eckelmann cutting control systems, anti-collision torch holders.
Protec gantry CNC cutting machine machine body is designing for high definition plasma power sources, such as Hypertherm, Kjellberg, Victor, TopTech JCH plasma power sources.

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TopTech Exclusive Secret Tips--How to improve CNC cutting effective? （II)

TopTech Exclusive Secret Tips

--How to improve CNC cutting effective? （II)

Nesting software and CNC control system are the main parts for improving CNC cutting effective.

TopTech ARTTEC III plasma cutting machine

Core technology and method:

Firstly, full time cutting.

Using FastCAM optimized nesting software on PC to nesting full plates and rest plates, it can realize CNC cutting machine’s full time cutting and it can change the usual nesting way on CNC cutting machines. (It will take 50% timing for cutting machine waiting CNC nesting process.) With nesting software, it can improve CNC cutting machine’s production efficiency, which can make one cutting machine’s production efficiency as two.

Secondly, auto cutting.

Using FastCNC system supplies auto cutting technology can realize auto pierce and auto cutting, which instead of manual cutting and improve high effective cutting.

Thirdly, high-efficiency cutting.

Using FastCAM optimized nesting software and FastCNC control system’s co-edge cutting, continually cutting, borrow edge cutting, bridge connection cutting, etc. can improve cutting technology and nesting method, which can also reduce more than 70% the pre-heat piercing time and improve effective cutting more than 30%.

Fourthly, high quality cutting. 

Using FastCAM optimized nesting software and FastCNC control system supplied optimized and pre-treatment technology to optimize DXF/DWG drawings and CNC cutting program, clarity redundant parts, and to avoid mess running and repeat cutting. It can also compress fitting cutting program to make sure CNC cutting machines running with high cutting speed and stable.

FastCAM optimized nesting software is deliveried with any one TopTech CNC cutting machine!

TopTech Exclusive Secret Tips --How to improve CNC cutting effective? (I)

TopTech Exclusive Secret Tips--How to improve CNC cutting effective? (I)

The main difference among CNC cutting, manual cutting and shape cutting is the cutting speed, accuracy, which CNC cutting is the best than the other two. But there was an issue that some customers had purchased CNC cutting machines, and the working effective wasn’t improved. The mainly reason is that they don’t know much knowledge about CNC cutting machine and can’t use them with high proficiency. For this kind of situation, we’d like to share TopTech exclusive secret tips as following.

TopTech ARTTEC III HD plasma cutting machine

I.CNC controller is not stable will lead slow cutting.

The heating of CPU and hard ware in CNC control system leads the system unstable

and can’t run stable. The damage of fan, shaking of hardware or virus influence lead procession stop. And also it maybe the bug of CNC cutting system software, which shows error or cutting error. It also will delay cutting process and then influence on cutting quality issue.

II. No using nesting software leads cutting materials low-usage.

No using nesting software, and using manually nesting on CNC controller system for the parts to do the parts cutting, this is wasting of time and materials. So please using nesting software, which comes with TopTech CNC cutting machines together. And the more details of this point secrets tips will share on the second part of this article.

III. No Auto cutting technology and cutting parameters database in CNC system.

Operators adjust CNC cutting machines parameters only with eyes and experience,

which can’t make auto piercing and auto cutting. This makes cutting machines with low effective.

IV. Using unsuitable cutting way.

During cutting, the cutting way is too simple, e.g. cutting every parts need pierce every time and need cut the full parts. No co-edge, borrow edge, bridge connection, etc. high effective cutting ways, lead cutting low effective and cutting consumables (esp. plasma torches’ consumables) waste a lot!

Hope if customers noticed the above points, it can improve CNC cutting machines

more effectively and save more cutting materials.

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