scholarly journals Experimental Investigation of Industrial Laser Cutting: The Effect of the Material Selection and the Process Parameters on the Kerf Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 4956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvio Genna ◽  
Erica Menna ◽  
Gianluca Rubino ◽  
Vincenzo Tagliaferri
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Co2 Laser ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Laser Cutting ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Wide Range

Laser beam cutting is a non-contact, production-flexible and highly productive technique that allows accurate profiling of a wide range of sheet materials. To these and further benefits, laser machining is increasingly being adopted by industry. This paper investigates the effect of material type, workpiece thickness, cutting speed and assistant gas pressure on cut quality for industrial-relevant applications using a CO2 laser. AlMg3 aluminum alloy, St37-2 low-carbon steel and AISI 304 stainless steel were selected to represent the most established materials in many industrial fields and gain insight into different processes (i.e., inert-assisted fusion cutting and oxygen cutting) and absorption behaviors with respect to CO2 laser wavelength. The aim was to enhance the understanding of the mechanisms through which laser cutting parameters and workpiece parameters interact in order to identify general criteria and well-optimized process parameters which guarantee the kerf quality. The quality of laser cut was analyzed in its basic terms: kerf geometry, surface roughness and cut edge quality. The experiments were performed by using a systematic experimental design approach based on Design of Experiments, and the results were validated via Analysis of Variance. Quality assessment was presented and discussed. The visual inspection of cut sections confirms good overall quality and limited presence of laser cut imperfections. The experimental investigation demonstrates that the different materials can be successfully processed within a wide range of the tested values. In addition, optimum cutting conditions which satisfy the straight requirement of the quality standard adopted are identified for each material. This study involves an analysis of both phenomenological and practical issues.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE CO2 LASER CUTTING OF NOVEL POLYAMIDE 6/FLUOROELASTOMER THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERIC BLENDS

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shib Shankar Banerjee ◽  
Anil K. Bhowmick
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Co2 Laser ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Laser Power ◽  
Laser Cutting ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Polyamide 6 ◽  
Thermoplastic Elastomers ◽  
Dynamic Vulcanization

ABSTRACT The application of the low-power CO2 laser-cutting process to fluoroelastomer (FKM), polyamide 6 (PA6), PA6/FKM thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), and their thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) is reported. The main laser process parameters studied were laser power, cutting speed, and material thickness. The value of the top and bottom widths of the slit that were formed during laser cutting (kerf width), melted transverse area, and melted volume per unit time were measured and analyzed. Interestingly, TPE showed a smaller melted area and melted volume per unit time when compared with those values with PA6. Dynamic vulcanization further decreased these values. For example, the melted areas of PA6 and TPE were 510 × 10−3 mm2 and 305 × 10−3 mm2, respectively, which reduced to 238 × 10−3 mm2 for TPV at 40 W laser power. FKM showed the lowest value (melted area of 180 × 10−3 mm2). In addition, the output quality of the cut surface was examined by measuring the root mean square (RMS) roughness of the cut edges and heat-affected zone (HAZ). The obtained results indicated that the dimension of the HAZ and RMS roughness largely decreased in TPE when compared with PA6. For example, the HAZ of PA6 was 700 μm, which decreased to 230 μm for TPE at 40 W laser power. On the other hand, HAZ was nonexistent for FKM. Infrared spectroscopic analysis showed that there was no structural change of TPE or pristine polymers after applying the low-power CO2 laser on the surface of materials. CO2 laser cutting will be a new technique in this industry, and this analysis will assist the manufacturing industry to choose a suitable laser system with exhaustive information of process parameters for cutting or machining of rubber, TPEs, and TPVs.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation of Stainless Steel SAE304 Laser Engraving Cutting Conditions

Machines ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Evangelos Nikolidakis ◽  
Ioannis Choreftakis ◽  
Aristomenis Antoniadis
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Laser Machine ◽  
Machining Processes ◽  
Laser Engraving ◽  
Wide Range

Laser machining processes are a new entrant and a rapidly evolving type of non-conventional machining process which allows the machining of complex geometries with high precision, surface quality and productivity in a wide range of materials. Thus, the need for creating a method has emerged that will help the laser machine operator to select the optimal process parameters. In this study an experimental investigation of the effect of the process parameters on the effectiveness of the laser engraving process was held. The examined process parameters were namely the average output power, the repetition rate, and the scanning speed. For this purpose 126 experimental samples, with various combinations of process parameters using a nanosecond Nd:YAG DMG MORI Lasertec 40 laser machine on a SAE 304 stainless steel plate were made. The measured criteria which evaluated the effectiveness of the process were the removed material layer thickness and the material removal rate.

Effect of CO2 laser cutting process parameters on edge quality and operating cost of AISI316L

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 1068-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.A. Eltawahni ◽  
M. Hagino ◽  
K.Y. Benyounis ◽  
T. Inoue ◽  
A.G. Olabi
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Laser ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Laser Cutting ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Cutting Process ◽  
Edge Quality

EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF CO2 LASER CUTTING QUALITY OF UHSS USING OXYGEN AS AN ASSISTED GAS

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Fattah Mohamad Tahir ◽  
Ahmad Razelan Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Laser ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
Laser Power ◽  
Laser Cutting ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Gas Pressure ◽  
Kerf Width ◽  
Boron Steel ◽  
Major Factors

Development of new material known as Ultra High Strength Steel (UHSS) able to improve the vehicle mass thus reflecting better fuel consumption. Transformation into high strength steel has been a significant drawback in trimming the UHSS into its final shape thus laser cutting process appeared to be the solution. This study emphasizes the relationship between Carbon Dioxide (CO2) laser cutting input parameters on 22MnB5 boron steel focusing on the kerf width formation and Heat Affected Zone (HAZ). Experimental research with variation of laser power, cutting speed and assisted gas pressure were executed to evaluate the responses. Metrological and metallographic evaluation of the responses were made on the outputs that are the kerf width formation and HAZ.  Positive correlation for power and negative interaction for cutting speed were found as the major factors on formation of the kerf. For the HAZ formation, thicker HAZ were formed as bigger laser power were applied to the material. Cutting speed and gas pressure does not greatly influence the HAZ formation for 22MnB5 boron steel.

scholarly journals OPTIMIZATION OF CO2 LASER PARAMETERS FOR WOOD CUTTIOPTIMIZATION OF CO2 LASER PARAMETERS FOR WOOD CUTTING

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Lyubomir Lazov ◽  
Pavels Narica ◽  
Janis Valiniks ◽  
Antons Pacejs ◽  
Hristina Deneva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Laser ◽  
Laser Cutting ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Laser System ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Cutting Process ◽  
Machinery Construction ◽  
Continuous Wave Output Power ◽  
Laser Parameters ◽  
Furniture Manufacturing

By taking advantage of the best characteristics of wood, modern production methods can offer hard wearing and ecological solutions in industrial construction, house building, machinery construction, furniture manufacturing, transport and many other industries. Laser cutting process is an alternative choice to prepare the final shape of wood parts. Materials like wood have good laser light absorption of wavelength 10600 nm. In this paper a CO2 laser system with a maximum continuous-wave output power of 150 W is described and used in studying laser cutting process of wood materials. Cut depth is evaluated with variation of values of laser power and cutting speed. Additionally, optimal values of parameters for laser cutting of different wood plate thicknesses are determined and graphs are created showing the results.

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