Laser Cutting Titanium
Laser Cutting Titanium
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Is there a recommended method/process for laser cutting 1" thick Ti6Al4V?
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RE: Laser Cutting Titanium
For starters it will be hard to pierce the material and since you can't pierce it with oxygen (it usually explodes and leaves a crater instead of a pierce hole)it will be extremely difficult to cut it.
Difficult, not impossible, unless your lead in comes off the edge of the sheet. Keep in mind that this will require a lot of pressure (18 bars) and volume. Also, it will be extremely slow depending on the laser power of your machine.
Good luck