Laser cutting allows nearly any material to be cut into limitless patterns with precision unattainable by any other cutting method. Metals, plastics, paper, cloth, and most natural materials can be beautifully and accurately cut with CMS Lasers systems custom designed for your application.
Laser cutting is used in a large variety of manufacturing applications and is the number one industrial use of high power lasers. With its unmatched flexibility, high level of accuracy and perfect edge, laser cutting is replacing conventional machining processes like plasma and oxy-fuel cutting.
A laser cutter mostly uses a thermal process in which the light emerges from the lasers aperture. Then the beam is focused by a lens on to the surface of the material being cut. The beam either melts, burns or vaporizes the material in a localized area. Gas-assisted laser cutters use a jet of gas coaxial along with the laser beam to eject the molten material from the cut. This leaves an edge with a high quality finish.