subject: Laser Applications That Leave A Mark Above All Other Methods [print this page] The applications of electromagnetic radiation were discovered many years ago, but from then until now, this technology has constantly evolved to provide tailor-made laser systems that can be widely used in a variety of different applications. Centralizing the usage of laser technology to the sector of industrial requirements such as cutting, engraving and marking, this technology is achieving the best possible standards to provide a perfectionist approach towards achieving the finest precision, highest accuracy, and improved laser cutting quality. In comparison to all other available mediums, laser is one such means through which all materials can be subjected to rapid processing and consistent, cutting-edge quality. A high output beam laser is focused on the material and is controlled through the computer. The fine, narrow beam of the laser leaves a good, high quality finish on the surface. A variety of metals such as carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel, copper, and other alloys can be effectively marked with the help of laser systems. With high-volume cutting rates, the potential of laser systems will score well above mechanical systems (or techniques) in terms of the advantages like exactness, quality of the cutting results, immensely improved productivity, better efficiency, and the economy of the techniques is particularly applied to material fabrication industries. Laser systems immensely reduce contamination involved in other mechanical cutting techniques, which leave behind a rougher finish and also consume more energy in comparison to laser systems.
Apart from cutting, the laser is particularly preferred for marking a wide variety of substrates with permanent aesthetic markings. Ranging from kitchen patterns to stained-glass windows, laser leaves its mark everywhere. The preference of laser marking over other methods is due to a variety of reasons, which include faster repeatability and finer precision. Similar to marking, laser engraving is also used by a range of industries, and can be performed on a wide variety of substrates like acrylic, glass, crystal, marble, granite, stone, metal, plastic, wood, and even rubber stamping material. mechanical engravers leave a rougher edge finish, but laser solutions, by contrast, can cut to the width of the laser beam (measured in hundredths of a millimeter), that is finer. Arrays of tiny dots are finely engraved on the material in this process. This technique is usually very exact, and for this reason, it uses computer systems that make monitoring and controlling the entire movements a lot easier.
