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Laser Cutting

The high-precision, high-speed and quality of laser cutting has made it the technology of choice for advanced manufacturing across countless industries.

With IPG fiber lasers, laser cutting has become a reliable and highly cost effective solution, resulting in increased adoption throughout the metal manufacturing world.

Benefits of fiber laser cutting include:

Precise and repeatable high-quality cuts
High-speed cutting
Non-contact cutting – no degradation in cut quality
Minimal maintenance – high tool availability
Variety of lasers to cut non-metallic materials
Scalable process from micro cutting stents up to shaping structural steel
Easily automated for maximum productivity

Improve your cutting speed and precision - contact a local IPG laser cutting engineer to learn how.

CO2 laser cutting metal

CO₂ Laser Cutting vs. Fiber Laser Cutting

CO₂ lasers provide smooth cutting edges for some thicker materials (>25 mm)

With recent breakthroughs, fiber lasers provide high quality cuts with thicker materials. Fiber lasers also cut thinner materials faster than CO₂ and are superior in cutting reflective metals, which provides a much lower cost of ownership.

laser cutting sheet metal

Fast Cutting Speed

The speed at which an IPG fiber laser cuts metal is higher than competing technologies. The 1 µm wavelength couples with higher efficiency than traditional lasers, and the excellent beam quality (focusability) of the IPG lasers provides greater energy density on the part, resulting in faster cutting.

High Availability

Unlike other laser technologies, IPG fiber lasers are zero maintenance. There are no consumable gases and no optics to align, so no preventative maintenance downtime. Utilizing rigorously tested long lifetime laser diodes and an entirely solid-state architecture, IPG fiber lasers have the best warranty in the industry.

Repeatable Process

Unlike competing lasers that may have poor short-term stability and suffer from long-term power degradation, IPG fiber lasers provide continuous repeatable performance. With power stability typically better than 0.5% of setting over 1000 hours of operation, you get the same cutting performance on every part.

Applications

Laser Cutting

Why are more manufacturers turning to cutting with fiber lasers
as opposed to traditional and more conventional methods?

CO₂ Laser Cutting vs. Fiber Laser Cutting

Plasma Cutting vs.
Fiber Laser Cutting

Waterjet Cutting vs.
Fiber Laser Cutting

EDM Cutting vs.
Fiber Laser Cutting