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Why HLH is the best choice for Laser Cutting？
With quick lead times and attention to part quality and tolerances HLH is the clear choice for your next Laser Cutting project. We’ll quote your components quickly, competitively and in spec and provide post order support as well. HLH can support many custom material requirements for laser cutting as well as second operations and inspection levels. See why HLH is known for best in industry customer service and try us out for your next Laser Cutting project.
General Tolerance
+/-.010” or better is typical and dependent upon material
Thickness
Laser cutting can process materials up to 0.75” thick
Materials
Sheet or plate form plastic, metals, fabrics or other materials
What is Sheet Metal Laser Cutting？
The same as metal CNC machining, metal laser cutting is also a subtractive manufacturing technology control by Computer programmed. Different from the Tools using in CNC machining, Laser cutting is using a high power laser beam to cut the flat sheet metal or hollow pipe in shape according to the CAD file. The laser cutting machined is great at cutting varieties of metal materials.
When it comes to metal cutting, there are two distinct types of lasers used:
CO2 lasers
Fibre lasers
CO2 Lasers
CO2 lasers use a more archaic process, where an electrical current is passed through a chamber of CO2 gas. This current excites the particles in the tube and, once focused using mirrors and lenses, produces an intense, hot beam of light.
CO2 lasers range from 100’s of watts for paper, card, and cloth, to 20kw for use on the thickest of metals.
Fibre Lasers
Fibre lasers, on the other hand, use a solid-state laser power generation source rather than a gas tube.
Benefiting from technological advancements, these laser cutters can process a wider variety of materials than their CO2 counterparts.
One of the many advantages of a fibre laser is its ability to cut through reflective materials. This is due to the way the laser is transmitted onto the material and makes them a better choice for brass, copper, polished stainless steel, and aluminium.
Capabilities of HLH Metal Laser Cutting
Thanks to the accuracy and speed of laser cutting, it is used to cutting materials from the sheet metal, make holes and create complicate shapes for models and prototypes. It allows for high accurate and precise leaving a clean cut smooth finish and helps products, components and devices to become smaller and smaller.
HLH rapid manufacturing company provides service for laser cutting for tiny parts from as small a 8mm spacer and the big parts as big as 2000* 4000 mm covers. It is a manufacturing and production processes for sheet metal products runs from prototype to several thousand pieces depend on the demands to low cost and expedite delivery.
Laser cutting will no change any of the material property that any secondary finish like heat treating, plating, painting and anodizing will be the same as the material itself.
How Does Laser Cutting Work?
Laser cutting
The material is cut to create smaller pieces or intricate shapes.
Laser marking
Like engraving, a mark is made on the material’s surface, but it is not as deep as an engraving.
Laser cutting is a manufacturing technique that utilizes a high-powered laser beam to cut, engrave or mark material. Laser cutting can be used with a wide range of materials, from metal to paper. The laser cutting machine uses no mechanical components and makes its cuts within an enclosure. This means the operation produces less noise and decreases the personal risk of the operator. Laser cutting may involve one or more of the following techniques:
Laser engraving
A layer is removed from the material, leaving an engraving or design.
Laser drilling
Dents or holes are made in the material.
Sheet Metal Fabrication Materials
Steel
Stainless steel usually contains at least 10% chromium by weight. They are the first choice for critical joints in engine and exhaust components, landing gear components and aircraft superstructures, ensuring high performance and durability.
Aluminum
Aluminum has an excellent strength-to-weight ratio among these metals. This is an excellent choice for high load requirements on aircraft mounts and enclosures. Aluminum also has good ductility, stiffness, corrosion resistance and workability. Its lightweight properties make it useful in aerospace structural applications such as fuselage skins, wing ribs, wing skins, etc.
Cooper
Copper has excellent thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and plasticity. It is also highly ductile, corrosion resistant and easy to weld.
Nickel
Nickel is silvery-white. hard, malleable, and ductile metal. Pure nickel shows significant chemical activity, but larger pieces of the metal are slow to react with air due to the protective oxide surface.
Tinplate
Tinplate is a thin steel sheet coated by tin. It has an extremely beautiful metallic luster as well as excellent properties in corrosion resistance, solderability, and weldability. Tinplate is used for making all types of containers such as food cans, beverage cans, 18-liter cans, and artistic cans. etc.
Sheet Metal Fabrication Surface Treatment
Powder Coating
Painting
Anodizing
Tumbling
Tapping
Deburring
Powder Coating
Powder coating gives your parts a bold, long-lasting finish and protective layer which provides corrosion, oxidation, and damage resistance.
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Plating
Plating is the process of depositing a metal coating onto a substrate. This can increase rust prevention, wear resistance and increase strength. Plating is known for corrosion resistance increasing the lifetime of your part. We currently offer Zinc and Nickel plating.
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Anodizing
Anodizing is known for giving parts more longevity while increasing corrosion and wear resistance. The electrochemical process adds durability with a protective oxide layer on the surface.
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Tumbling
Tumbling removes burr from the cutting edge of your part and provides a smooth, soft feel. Our tumbling services provide a reduction in surface blemishes and handling scratches that can be found in raw materials.
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Quality assurance
From factory audits to part inspections, we follow strict processes to ensure your parts always meet the highest quality standards.
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IP protection
We take every measure to ensure the protection of your IP, which is why 27% of Fortune 500 companies trust us with their projects.
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Certifications
Our manufacturing partners have all the necessary certifications for your project's needs (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, IATF 16949, ISO 27001).
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Testimonials
Parrett Family
Date of experience:June 20, 2024
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Date of experience:January 12, 2024
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I ran into an issue while trying to anodize the parts, and HLH helped me out a lot. The problem got solved and I ended up getting the anodizing free of charge. It really is a five star place. Thanks HLH!
Petr Colwell
Date of experience:April 16, 2024
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