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Modern metal fabrication demands cutting-edge technology to handle complex designs, exotic alloys, and tight tolerances. High-end CNC cutting machines deliver unmatched precision, automation, and efficiency for industries like aerospace, automotive, and energy.

High-End CNC Cutting Machines for Metal

CNC Laser metal cutters can deal with multi-variety, small-batch, customized, high-quality, short-delivery orders. It features with high precision, high speed, and high flexibility, which makes it to cut projects with special or complex shapes, and step-by-step replace the traditional sheet metal cutting tools, including plasma cutters, flame cutters, water jet cutters, CNC punching machines, CNC shearing machines, tin snips, and wire cutters. The sheet metal cutting tables (2×3, 2×4, 4×4, 4×8, 5×10, 6×12), laser generators (IPG, JPT, Raycus, MAX, RECI), and laser powers (180 watts, 300 watts, 1500 watts, 2000 watts, 3000 watts, 4000 watts, 6000 watts, 8000 watts, 10000 watts, 12000 watts, 15000 watts, 20000 watts, 30000 watts, 40000 watts, 60000 watts) can be customized as your sheet metal cutting plans.

Metal Laser Cutter

Advanced laser technology to cut through various types of metals from soft brass to hard steel with incredible speed and precision has made metal laser cutters a valuable asset for metal fabricators looking to increase their production capacity. Metal manufacturers now can achieve higher output rates and streamline their manufacturing processes with a metal laser cutting machine, which ultimately leads to increased profitability. These laser machines can bring handy support not only for professional business owners but also for hobbyists or part-time designers.

A metal laser cutting machine is a smart metal cutting system working with a CNC controller to drive the fiber or CO2 laser beam to cut in any direction, angle, bevel and slope according to the designed layout file, and create shapes and outlines you want.

The energy of the laser is concentrated into a high-density beam in the form of light. The beam is transmitted to the work surface, generating enough heat to melt the material, and the high-pressure gas coaxial with the beam directly removes the fused metal to achieve the purpose of metal cutting. This shows that laser metal cutting is essentially different from CNC machining.

It uses the laser beam emitted from the generator to focus on the beam irradiation condition of high power density through the external circuit system. The heat is absorbed by the metal part material and the part temperature rises sharply. After reaching the boiling point, the material begins to vaporize and form holes, as the relative position of the beam and the part moves, will eventually form a slit in the material. The technological parameters (cutting speed, power supply, gas pressure) and movement trajectory during slitting are controlled by the CNC system, and the slag at the slit is blown off by the auxiliary gas with a certain pressure.

During laser-cut metal, auxiliary gas suitable for the material to be cut is also added. When cutting steel, oxygen must be used as an auxiliary gas to produce an exothermic chemical reaction with the molten metal to oxidize the material, while helping to blow away the slag in the slit. For metal parts with high processing accuracy, nitrogen can be used as an auxiliary gas in the industry.

 

What Are Laser Metal Cutting Machines Used For?

A laser metal cutting system is applied in industrial manufacturing, school education, small business, home use, small shop and home store for sheet metal fabrication, aviation, spaceflight, electronics, electrical appliances, kitchenware, auto parts, office supplies, furniture kitchen dining, subway parts, automobile, machinery, precision components, ships, metallurgical equipment, elevator, household appliances, metal signs, logos, tags, profiles, letters, words, arts, crafts, gifts, tool fabrication, foils, adornment, advertising and other metalworking industries.

Most organic and inorganic materials can be cut by laser. In the metal fabrication industry, which occupies a heavy w8 in industrial manufacturing, many metals, regardless of their hardness, can be cut without deformation. Of course, for high-reflectivity materials such as gold, silver, copper and aluminum alloys, they are also good heat transfer conductors, so laser cutting is difficult or even impossible to cut (some difficult materials can be cut using pulsed laser beams, due to the extremely high peak power of the pulse wave, the absorption coefficient of the material to the beam will increase sharply instantly).

They can cut stainless steel, carbon steel, tool steel, galvanized steel, spring steel, alloy, iron, aluminum, copper, brass, silver, gold, titanium, nickel, manganese, cobalt, chromium, lead and other metals in hobby use, home business, small shop, commercial use, and industrial manufacturing.

Stainless Steel

For the manufacturing industry dominated by stainless steel sheets, the laser metal cutter is an effective cutting tool. When the heat input is strictly controlled, the width of the heat affected zone of the trimming edge can be limited, thereby ensuring good stainless steel The corrosion-resistant type. Laser cut of stainless steel uses the energy released when the beam is irradiated to the surface of the steel plate to melt and evaporate the stainless steel. For the manufacturing industry that uses stainless steel sheets as the main component, laser cut of stainless steel is a fast and effective cutting method. The important process parameters that affect the cutting quality of stainless steel are cutting speed, power supply, air pressure and so on.

Carbon Steel

The thickness of the laser cut of carbon steel plate can reach 70mm, the slit of carbon steel cut by oxidation flux cutting mechanism can be controlled within a satisfactory width range, and the slit of thin plate can be narrowed to about 0.1mm.

Copper & Alloys

Pure copper (purple copper) is too high reflectivity, laser cut of brass (copper alloy) should use higher power, auxiliary gas using air or oxygen, can cut thinner plates. Pure copper and brass has high reflectivity and very good thermal conductivity. Pure copper and brass can only be cut when a “reflective absorption” device is installed on the system, otherwise the reflection will destroy the optical components.

Aluminum & Alloys

The cut of aluminum plates is easy to do with fiber lasers, which have high performance whether it is cutting aluminum or aluminum alloy.

Nickel & Alloys

They are also known as high-temperature alloys with many types, most of them can be laser oxidized and flux-cutting with good cuts.

Titanium & Alloys

Pure titanium can be well coupled with the heat energy converted by the focused beam. When the auxiliary gas uses oxygen, the chemical reaction is violent and the cutting speed is fast, but it is easy to form an oxide layer at the cutting edge, which may also cause over-burning. Therefore, the use of air as an auxiliary gas can ensure the cutting quality. Laser cut of titanium alloys is commonly used in aircraft manufacturing. Titanium plates are cut with nitrogen and nitrogen as working gases.

 

CNC plasma cutting machine

A plasma metal cutting machine is a machine that uses plasma cutting technology to process metal materials. Its working principle is to use the heat of the high-temperature plasma arc to melt or evaporate the metal part at the incision of the workpiece. The momentum of the high-speed plasma is then used to remove the molten metal to form an incision.

Plasma metal cutting machine is one of the most popular metal cutting CNC machine tools in the world. In addition to cutting soft metals, such as CNC aluminum cutting, plasma metal cutting machines can also cut various hard metals. For example, this metal cutting CNC machine tool can realize CNC steel cutting, CNC stainless steel cutting, and CNC titanium cutting.

It can be used in conjunction with different working gases to perform plasma cutting on non-ferrous metals such as copper, zinc, titanium, and nickel. In addition, it can also cut irregular-shaped metals, such as square and round metal tubes. Plasma metal cutting machine has the advantages of fast cutting speed, smooth cutting surface, small deformation, etc., which is suitable for thin metal cutting. Plasma metal cutting machines are widely used in industries such as automobiles, locomotives, pressure vessels, chemical machinery, nuclear industry, general machinery, engineering machinery, and steel structures.

 

CNC Plasma cutter or CNC Plasma cutting machine is mainly used for carbon steel, metal, steel and steel tube cutting with 0-50mm thickness and stainless steel 0-20mm cutting. It is a cost-effective machine for metal cutting and the price is lower than the Fiber laser or YAG laser machines but it can cut very thick of steel and with very good cutting performance.

Advantage & Features

• The Plasma Cutting Machine can cut all metal sheets. The cutting area is very wide.
• The plasma power supply we use is the best pilot arc plasma cutter. Equipped with a good plasma cutting torch, it is suitable for cutting most metals, such as stainless steel, alloy, aluminum, low carbon steel, carbon steel, etc. Whether you are a professional user or a DIY user, it will provide you with professional cutting functions. Powerful and reliable product, you should not miss it!
• The cutting speed of the metal cutting machine is very fast and the efficiency is high. The cutting speed can reach more than 10m/min.
• The cutting precision is higher than the flame cutting machine. The underwater cutting has no deformation, and the fine plasma cutting has higher precision.
• The Plasma Cutting Machines use a professional plasma CNC system. It is all offline work and humanized operation.
• The CNC Plasma uses the advanced USB interface to work offline with fast data transmission and does not occupy computer resources.
• This  Metal Cutting Machine can be compatible with a variety of software.
• The machine is with the function of continued carving when power outage and breakpoint. And the function of processing time prediction and automatic tool setting.
• Affordable factory direct price and one year warranty.

What is the cost of a CNC metal cutting machine?

The price of CNC machines ranges from a few thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars for complex machines, which obviously depends on the size, complexity, and function of each machine.

Sometimes, auxiliary tools and important equipment parts must be manufactured separately, although some complete CNC machine packages may contain the most necessary components for the production of basic materials.

In order to make a budget for manufacturing high-quality metal CNC machines, you need to have a basic concept, that is, how much you can spend on the machine as the main cost. We will provide you with some examples of different CNC machines and their costs.

How to buy a CNC metal cutting machine?

• Assess your production needs and capabilities

First of all, you need to figure out your company’s production capacity, output, etc. So you can consider whether it is worth buying a CNC metal cutting machine or using an outsourced metal cutting service.

• Consider configuration requirements

Next, if you plan to purchase a CNC metal cutting machine, you need to consider the required configuration requirements according to your processing needs.

• Choose a qualified manufacturer

Third, you must choose a qualified manufacturer. Since metal laser cutting machines are so expensive, we need to make every penny worth the money. Therefore, comparisons must be made between metal cutting machine manufacturers. I recommend choosing a manufacturer with good production qualifications, good product quality, and high customer satisfaction.

• Sign a contract with the manufacturer

Last but not least, after you have negotiated with the manufacturer on all matters concerning the purchase of the machine, be sure to sign a contract or agreement. This contract will stipulate the rights and obligations of both you and the manufacturer. It will detail such as total price, delivery time, and after-sales service. The contract helps protect your rights.

Conclusion

All CNC metal cutting machines adopt CNC control, and they all have the characteristics of flexibility and efficiency. But they have some differences in working principle, cutting accuracy, machine price, and application. Therefore, before choosing a metal cutting machine, it is very important to understand your processing needs and the required precision.

Fiber laser cutting machines and CNC plasma metal cutting machines are the most popular. Industries that require high precision such as precision instruments, automobiles, and aerospace can choose fiber laser cutting machines.