Measures to Ensure Higher Productivity in Laser Cutting

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Measures to Ensure Higher Productivity in Laser
Cutting

• If you are in the metal fabricating industry,
  using laser for fabricating your metal, you
  should know that for maximizing your
  productivity, you need to take few micro leveled
  measures. Few small measures can push up and lift
  your productivity. Even if you pay attention to
  the environment, equipment or even the necessary
  consumables, you can improve your efficiency.
  All the leaser machine users know this, but they
  often ignore it.

Fabricating in the 21st century is even more
difficult. This is because the raw material
prizes are unpredictable. In
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• addition, the margins are shrinking and the lead
  times are also decreasing. At such a crunch
  time, proper machine maintenance can save your
  shop plenty of money. That is when these few of
  these tips can help laser operators avoid
  pounding head pins. Moreover, it can also keep
  their equipment operating at top speed.
• Let us look into it.
• Knowing the Environment
• It is true that the makeup of all laser machines
  is the same. However, it is also true that the
  shop environment influences these laser machines
  in different ways. Other factors also play a
  very important role in tuning the machine. These
  factors are
• ambient temperature
• the type of material under fabrication
• human skills
• shop cleanliness
• air quality (dense, moist etc)
• This is becomes vital as one defective air
  compressor or an air dryer might contaminate the
  focal lenses faster in your shop than in some
  others shop. Thus, a laser operator needs

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to study all these factors. In simpler terms, the
operator needs to be aware of and know the
environment in which the machine has to
function. After that, they can create a
preventive maintenance program accordingly.
Routine Checks When you know the environment, you
know how it can affect your machine and your
productivity. To make the results more
productive, you also need to conduct routine
checks. You need to keep an eye on every little
thing. You need to check the inner and outer
nozzles in the shop. For this, you just have to
take a look at the nozzles and see if they are
in the center or not. A misaligned nozzle will
give you poor quality cuts. Moreover, it can
also open an opportunity for nozzle
damage. Another routine check is also essential
for the lenses. An operator must ensure that the
cleanliness of the lenses. For checking its
cleanliness, you have to hold up the cartridge
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• against light. When you look through it, you can
  easily see the dirt on the lens. Conduct a
  breath test for cleaning the lens. An operator
  has to check the basic laser equipment such as
• nozzles
• lenses
• assist gases

A routine check ensures the proper functioning of
the machine. It further also brings in sight any
damaged or malfunctioned component. The
Consumables Few components of the machine are
under extreme stress while operating. They are
also under constant wear and tear as it works
frequently at high temperature and pressure. The
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wear and tear sooner or later consumes the
component. You need to keep a stock of few of
bystronic laser consumables. When you have a
stock of bystronic laser parts you do not have
to compromise with the production. The only
thing you need to make sure is that stock the
consumables in accordance of the specs specified
by the manufacturer. If you choose some other
component, which is not in line with the
specification of your manufacturer, you would
sacrifice performance. Aftermarket suppliers
sometimes reverse engineer an OEM specified
component. This may result in the replacement
with a nonspecified spare part. These few steps
can push your laser cutting operation to higher
levels.