The Engineer

Which Metal Cutting Method Is Better? Laser Cutting vs Plasma Cutting

1.What Is Plasma Cutting? Plasma cutting is the first form of cutting that was developed in the 1950s as an alternative to flame cutting. Plasma cutting involves firing a superheated, electrically ...
Machine Design

What’s the Difference Between Punching and Laser Cutting in Electrode Production?

This article explores how laser cutting and mechanical punching perform when used in electrode manufacturing and other foil-based applications in terms of speed, edge quality, material compatibility ...
MD&M East

Laser Solutions for Device Cutting from Tubes and Flat Stock

Today, nearly all precision laser cutting of metals and non-metals is performed with tools equipped with either fiber lasers or ultrashort pulse (USP) lasers, or sometimes both. In this article, we ...
Machine Design

Swiss Turning and Laser Cutting on One Machine

Live cutting demos using the SS207-5AX LaserSwiss—a machine that lets manufacturers perform Swiss-turning and laser-cutting operations on one machine—will take place at Tsugami/Rem Sales’s Booth #1117 ...