MCWlaser PRO laser engraver has 20W, 30W, and 50W versions to choose from. These lasers have a wavelength of 1064nm.
At the heart of a fiber laser is the laser source and they do not have any gaseous medium in it like in a CO2 laser.
Laser cuts metal by using light. To be able to cut and pierce metal, light is concentrated at a single point. You can think of a magnifying lens that can be used for focusing sunlight onto a single point to burn it. This is how cutting with light works.
Unlike CO2 lasers, fiber lasers consume much less energy and operate at a shorter wavelength ranging between 780 nm and 2200 nm, giving a much higher absorption rate.
They also provide a 30-day return policy and 2-year parts warranty for all the components and the fiber laser in FM-Desktop.
With plasma, you usually have to finish the cut with scraping or shaving because there’s leftover residue like dross.
With the development of optical fibers, there is no need for beam paths or mirrors to align the lasers.
Mitsubishi Laser designs, manufactures, and performance-matches every critical laser cutting component to the highest standards—in the most demanding environments. From compact, cost-efficient 2D workhorses that can reduce cutting time by 30%, even while using fewer resources, to full 5-and 6-axis systems offering unsurpassed utility and flexibility, today’s shops have all kinds of options for revolutionizing their production capabilities.
The laser module has a life of 100,000+ hours and can engrave with a repetitive precision of ±0.00039".
Laser cutting machines are expensive at first. They can cost 2x more than a plasma cutter initially. A plasma machine cost starts somewhere around 40,000+ and a laser machine is about 80,000+. Off course this depends on where you buy your metal cutting machine and how powerful it would be. There are some plasma machines that are as low as 15,000 and laser machine as low as 50,000. But like I said, it all depends.
Triumph's desktop fiber laser of 30W can engrave aluminum, gold and silver as well as stainless steel, copper and other plastic-like polymers for machine tools and parts.
For advanced designing, you can use other CAD programs (like Photoshop, AutoCAD, CorelDRAW) and import files in PLT, PCX, DXF, and BMP file formats.
The one thing you should know is that fiber lasers have a limited work-bed size and can only cut certain materials.
LaserWorks, RDWork, or LaserWorks software control the machine. Download them from their respective websites.
Thin carbon fiber mat can be cut with some fraying - but not when coated. The laser can cut or etch. The laser can cut materials such as wood, paper, cork, and some plastics.
Compressed air, nitrogen, oxygen, and argon are the four primary types of assist gas for fiber laser machines.
To guide light, fiber lasers use an optical fiber cable made of silica glass. Because the resulting laser beam is straighter and smaller than with other types of lasers, it is more precise. They also have a small footprint, are energy efficient, require little maintenance, and have low operating costs.