How Does Laser Cutting Work?

Laser cutting works by having a high-powered, highly-focused laser beam run through a material, leaving a clean cut with a smooth finish. This laser beam can be either pulsed.meaning the cut is delivered in pulses of laser, or continuous wave, meaning the laser beamis kept focused on the material until the cut is delivered.Laser cutting starts by piercing the material with a hole, and then continues the cut fromthere. The laser cutting beam intensity, length and heat output can be controlled, allowing thecut to be delivered in different ways and in different times.Laser cutting is, in some ways, similar to laser drilling and laser engraving. Laser drillinginvolves the creation of popped 'thru-holes' in materials, but occasionally these holes arecreated as dents rather than thru-holes. These dents, acting like engravings, are alsoconsidered 'cuts'in a material.