What Do Customers Care The Most About Laser Cutting Machine Purchase?

Laser cutting machines are a metal cutting process that uses high-density energy beams directed by mirrors to cut into materials. This process creates a high level of precision and accuracy and is used on all types of cuts from simple to complex. Very little waste is produced in the laser cutting process resulting in minimal cleanup of dust.

How to protect our laser source from freezing?

The laser source is one of the important parts of laser cutting machine purchase

If the laser source can't work, the whole laser machine will not work. So what protective measures should we take to protect our laser source from freezing in the cold winter to ensure that our laser cutting machines can work stably and normally?

1. In the case of stable electricity consumption, keep the water chiller turned on at night to ensure that the cooling system is in a continuous circulation state and the temperature is not lower than the freezing point.
2. In the case of unstable electricity consumption, after laser machine processing during the day, empty the cooling water of the laser source and water chiller, then dry with the compressed air to avoid freezing damage to the laser equipment.
3. When the ambient temperature is above 5°C, ensure that the cooling water does not freeze, and turn on the water chiller to run.
4. When the ambient temperature is below 5℃, add antifreeze to prevent freezing.

The fiber optic laser cutters are designed to cut metal at high speeds and with great precision. It is a technology with more than 20 years of being in the market, these machines as also use fiber laser power source. There is three main difference between this machines, 1) Power of the fiber source. 2)Head and lens of the. 3) focal distance of the laser beam.

These machines require much energy consume, and also needs an oxygen cylinder for operation and function. This machines can cut metals from 0.5mm to 20mm.

The working sizes of these machines are from 1500mm x 2000mm to 2500mm to 3500mm.

What do customers care the most about when considering purchasing a laser? Any concerns?

It’s very easy for anyone to learn how to program and operate a laser, but a customer’s biggest concern is cost.  A $500,000 laser has a monthly payment around $8,000.  However, a job shop can charge at least $150 per hour for laser cutting, and as much as $500, depending on the industry served.  At $150 per hour, with 40 hours per week of cutting you can earn, or save, $24,000 per month with a laser.

Nitrogen cost can be a big concern. Cutting mostly stainless and aluminum, or steel with nitrogen, you can spend upwards of $2,000 per month cutting one shift per day.  Most gas suppliers require a 5- or 7-year contract, and that can be intimidating without knowing your future business needs.  Peripheral items for a laser such as cutting gas piping and regulators, a transformer and electrical service, foundation work, a computer for programming or a device for loading sheets onto the laser bed can also add up. Even with these costs though, a TRUMPF laser could still save you money by increasing your production and productivity.