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How does laser cutting work? |
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Why choose laser cutting? |
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What are your capacities and accuracies? |
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What materials can you cut? |
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Who supplies the materials? |
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What information do you need? |
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How much will it cost? |
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How long will it take? |
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What other services can you provide? |
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Who else uses laser cutting? |
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How does laser cutting work? |
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A high power CO2 laser beam is directed via a series of fixed and
moving mirrors to the cutting head. Here, the beam is focused to a
pinpoint and is projected through a small nozzle. A gas jet of air,
oxygen or nitrogen is also passed through the nozzle. The material
being cut is vaporised by the intense energy of the beam and ejected
by the gas jet. The cutting head travels over the material by computer
control, and a very thin, neat cut is produced. |
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Why choose laser cutting? |
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Laser cutting produces square, clean, burr free edges. Flat sheet,
formed or 3D parts, pipe, tube and RHS are all easily processed by
laser. It is fast, quiet, efficient and suits a wide variety of material
types. Its thin cut creates very accurate results with minimal waste
between parts. The energy is very concentrated, so there is minimal
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Flat sheet components:
Maximum sheet size - 3000mm x 1500mm
Maximum sheet weight - 890kg
Typical machining tolerance - +/- 0.1mm
Repetition precision - +/- 0.05mm Formed or 3D components:
Maximum part depth - 250mm (3 axis cutting only)
Tube or pipe components (rotary):
Pipe diameter capacity - 15mm to 315mm
Maximum RHS capacity - 200x200
Maximum "feed through" diameter - 155mm
Maximum processing length - 3000mm
Rotary spindle tolerance - +/- 0.03deg
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What materials can you cut? |
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Arrow Laser can successfully cut
a vast array of materials. They include:
Mild Steel: up to 16mm
thick
Stainless Steel: up to
12mm thick ("clean cut" or standard cut)
Manganese, Spring Steel, Tool Steels:
up to 16mm thick
Galvanised, Zinc sealed, Zinc annealed:
up to 6mm thick
Aluminium Alloys: up to
8mm thick
Titanium: up to 5mm thick
Copper: up to 3mm thick
Brass: up to 3mm thick
Acrylic (Perspex): up to
50mm
Polycarbonate (Lexan):
up to 25mm
HDPE, UHMWPE, HIPS, ABS, Polypropylene:
up to 25mm
Polyurethane Packing Foam:
up to 100mm
Polystyrene Expanded Foam:
up to 75mm
Rubber (synthetic, natural):
up to 10mm
MDF, Particle Board, Plywood, Solid
Timber, Laminex: up to 50mm
Paper Products, Cardboard:
up to 50mm
Leather: up to 5mm
Textiles, Fabrics, Carpets (synthetic,
natural): up to 6mm
Cement sheet: up to 20mm
Quartz glass: up to 2mm
Fibreglass: up to 10mm
Ceramic, Porcelain: up
to 6mm
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We have several material suppliers who all deliver quality product
at competitive rates. We continuously "shop around" to obtain
the best prices, ensuring, of course, the material is of prime quality.
Alternatively, you can supply your own material. |
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What information do you need? |
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We can do quotes and program parts from samples, sketches and dimensioned
drawings. If at all possible however, a DXF or DWG cad file
is the best method. They can be supplied on floppy, zip disk,
CD or emailed. |
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How much will it cost? |
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The material type, size of the part and quantity ordered, determines
pricing. Requests for quotes can be emailed, faxed or sent by post. |
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How long will it take? |
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Depending on current workload and material availability, our typical
turn-around time is usually within one week from receipt of order. |
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What other services can you provide? |
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- Our specialised development software can produce flat sheet
layouts for a variety of 3D sheet metal products, including augers,
branches, breeches, cones, cylinders, elbows and transitions.
- Our rotary axis software can enable the cutting of mitres, junctions
and branches in pipe and RHS.
- We have over 1600 font types available, which can be used to
produce letters, numerals and stencils.
- Cross hairs, fold lines and part numbers can be etched into
components during the cutting process.
- Using our current customer network, we can arrange a variety
of sub processes, ranging from folding and welding, to polishing
and powder coating.
- Delivery of finished goods can also be arranged if required
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Who else uses laser cutting? |
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Numerous companies are currently using Arrow Laser's services. They
include automotive parts suppliers, sign manufacturers, general engineers,
shopfitters, conveyor manufacturers, boat builders, plastic product
fabricators and crane manufacturers. |
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How do I find out more information? |
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Click on our CONTACT US page, fill
out the form, and we will respond with the details to suit your
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