Laser Cutting Micro Joints

However designing and fabricating laser cut assemblies can be a complex and tedious process especially for novice designers.

Laser cutting micro joints.

Really smart and it seems a lot like what you re describing. Nanoseconds which causes a molten pool to penetrate the entire depth of the metal. However after cutting a small burr remains on the product. Vacco s multi fab group offers micro laser services for precision laser cutting micro welding marking or other machining.

First ablative laser cutting can be used to make partial cuts in a material whereas laser fusion cutting can only be used to cut all the way through it. Nesting parts in cypcut for laser cutting english duration. Complete systems can be provided from the dual laser r d workstations to semi automatic and fully automatic systems. Problem is i run a 1999 mitsubishi laser.

I found some awesome examples that inspired me and demonstrated how creative you can be when combining joint techniques. This is due to fusion cutting operating with lasers either in continuous waves or with significantly longer pulses than ablative cutting micro or milliseconds vs. I found a project by dimitris papanikolaou from the mit fab lab that was the bomb diggity. The method is based on small interconnecting tabs between the parts created by programming spacing of the shearing or slitting punch.

Lantek automatic micro joints duration. With no cam software that s designed for the machine. 4x4 500 watt fiber laser 17 206 views. This small burr on the contour is often not desirable.

Vacco s laser capabilities are complementary to the markets served because of the demands placed for complete fabricated components on a turnkey basis. Joinery the system described in the instructable was developed to facilitate the generation of customizable joints for laser cut assemblies. But how do you remove these micro joints easily and quickly without undesirable changes to the contour of the product. Micro joints shake and break is a popular name for this easy method of separating multiple parts from a sheet of material.

Ipg s quasi cw lasers and ultrafast pico and femtosecond lasers are commonly used in micro cutting applications. A minimal part of the contour will not be cut through. One of their fiber laser had intelligent software that would cut 90 of the material and then at the end drive by and snip the micro joints that held everything together.