Laser cutting is a manufacturing technology which uses a laser to cut materials in place of traditional mechanical tooling. Laser cutting works by precisely focusing the output of a high power laser at or slightly below the surface of the material to be cut. The material is then vaporized. Various gases are used to help catalyze and control the process and remove the vaporized material resulting in a fine edge quality.

Laser cutting offers many advantages over traditional mechanical cutting. There is no physical contact with the material being processed, so finishes like polished stainless steels are not damaged and materials remain uncontaminated by contact with tooling. Laser also offers a more consistent cut as there is no tooling to wear, so the first part of a run will be identical to the last part, and those parts can be recreated to the same specifications at any time.

Perhaps the greatest advantage laser cutting offers is versatility. Initial set up costs are minimal because there is no custom tooling to be made. Prototyping is generally much more economical with laser cutting compared to traditional methods. Adjustments and revisions to your design specifications are a matter of reprogramming, not retooling, and are accommodated quickly and painlessly.

M.C. Laser Werks uses 3 different CO2 lasers ranging from 1500 to 4000 watts giving us a working range of 0.002” to 1.00” thicknesses in mild steel, .010” to .625” in stainless steel and .010” to .375” in aluminum. We can process all high- and low-carbon steels, stainless steel, all alloys of aluminum and titanium, as well as non-metallic materials such as wood, acrylics and cardboard. We can also process tubing and even add detail to previously manufactured parts. Our Amada LC1212 uses work clamp material holding and with its reference point reassignment it has the ability to cut materials up to 50” in width, and with any length you may require. Our Trumpf L2530 has a working area of 50” by 98” but with our expertise, and some reconfiguration, we have processed sheets as large as 98” X 240”. Our Trumpf L3030 gives us our greatest flexibility in material thickness and offers a working area of 60” by 120”. All of this means that no matter what the task, we have the machine and the expertise to get the job done right.