Laser Cutting: A Godsend in Disguise

In today's world, there is an enormous shift from traditional to technological industry, where technology is one of the most beneficial and effective tools to accelerate the work as well as engage in any challenging activity. There is a significant increase in production and decrease in time and workforce, eliminating the excess work required in data processing and evaluating. Laser cutting is one of the technologies in demand due to its operational benefits in fabrication companies.

Fabrication

Metal cutting is classified among the critical stages in the process of fabrication. The process involves molding of metals into desired shapes and size after cutting. With proper use of quality laser parts, the process can be advantageous.

In Laser cutting, when the high-power laser is directed, the material melts or vaporizes leaving quality finish on the material surface. And though the laser cutting was initially used to create designs on the diamond, the process has evolved over the period of time.

Fabrication in Singapore

Singapore has a broad scope of industrialization and substantial foreign investments. The multiracial residents of this ancient British colony and modern democratic legislative democracy enjoys the extraordinary quality of life in Asia. With lack of natural-resource and Space, fabrication companies in Singapore have focused on investment, business, high-value production, and manufacturing services in a couple of sectors including Laser processing.

The evolution of laser cutter machinery in Singapore has created its colossal demand for implementation and enhancement of services. The market for laser cutters in Singapore is encouraged by the automotive sector and, hence, job stores for metal cutting. With costs for laser cutting machinery reducing almost steadily, the business—which earlier focused on shops—now holds organisations offering the products to have such tools in-house

Advantages

1. Laser cutting not only used by industries but also by small business, schools and hobbyist.
2. This process is more explicit and uses limited energy than plasma cutting when using aluminium and steel sheets.
3. The element doesn’t come in direct contact with other elements to expedite the process. Therefore, the metal is more elegantly cut.
4. It enables us to cut intricate patterns without the requirement for tooling and at a similar or rapid pace in comparison to other cutting methods.
5. It is capable of cutting multiple materials of varying diameters and fine kerf widths, promoting active part nesting, yielding better utilization and saving materials.
6. Less time is taken to set-up with faster reaction time and quick adaption to changing product demands which can be either quantity or market driven.
7. It allows us to cut small slots with intricate aspect and excellent end quality in the plate, sheet, box or tube section.

Disadvantages

1. Laser cutting consumes high power although efficiency and power consumption depends on nature of laser used and type of section needed.
2. In case of plastic components, Laser cutting can be expensive because when plastic is heated, it releases gas. Due to this reason, well-ventilated room has to be provided for laser cutting service provider, which can be quite expensive.
3. The gases released during the process of cutting of materials like plastic can be dangerous and toxic.
4. Reflective metals like copper, aluminium and brass can't be cut with this technology.
5. The rate of is not steady. It depends on several factors like materials used, its thickness and type of laser.
6. Poorly adjusted lasers can cause combustion of some materials.
7. Workers working on the repairs and 'Trial runs' need to be well-protected as he can come in contact with the laser beam, which can cause serious burns.

Conclusion

Other cutting methods are plainly available in the market which is reasonable and is favored for a long time, but you cannot overlook the positive points that laser cutting offers. The quality of work this process offers cannot be accomplished by other techniques available. The fact that this technology provides less contamination of the piece of work presents specific improvements over traditional mechanical cutting methods.