Hypertherm HyIntensity Fiber Laser Rev.3 - Manual (Page 9)

HyIntensity Fiber Laser Instruction Manual – 807090 Revision 2 v
table of contents
Hypertherm CNC interface ........................................................................................................................................................3-30
Setting pulse laser time and pulse laser power ....................................................................................................................3-31
Generic CNC beam centering ............................................................................................................................................................3-32
Pulsing the fiber laser using a generic CNC ....................................................................................................................................3-33
Pulsing the laser with a custom waveform .............................................................................................................................3-34
Gas console operation ..........................................................................................................................................................................3-35
Test cut gas pressures ................................................................................................................................................................3-35
Adjust side jet pressure ..............................................................................................................................................................3-36
Focal position ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3-37
Laser Cutting ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-38
Mild steel – oxygen assisted ......................................................................................................................................................3-38
Mild steel – air and nitrogen assisted ......................................................................................................................................3-39
Stainless steel – nitrogen assisted ..........................................................................................................................................3-39
Aluminum – nitrogen assisted ...................................................................................................................................................3-39
Optimizing fiber laser cut quality .........................................................................................................................................................3-40
Surface of a laser cut ..................................................................................................................................................................3-40
General steps for optimizing laser cut quality ........................................................................................................................3-41
Mild steel ...................................................................................................................................................................................................3-42
Optimizing cut quality for 6 mm (0.25 inch) mild steel (oxygen assisted) .......................................................................3-42
Consumables ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-50
Cut charts .................................................................................................................................................................................................3-51
HFL010 (1.0 kW) Mild Steel* cut chart - Metric .............................................................................................................................3-51
HFL010 (1.0 kW) Mild Steel* cut chart - English ...........................................................................................................................3-52
HFL010 (1.0 kW) Stainless Steel* cut chart - Metric ....................................................................................................................3-53
HFL010 (1.0 kW) Stainless Steel* cut chart - English ..................................................................................................................3-54
HFL010 (1.0 kW) Aluminum* cut chart - Metric ..............................................................................................................................3-55
HFL010 (1.0 kW) Aluminum* cut chart - English ............................................................................................................................3-55
HFL015 (1.5 kW) Mild Steel* cut chart - Metric .............................................................................................................................3-56
HFL015 (1.5 kW) Mild Steel* cut chart - English ........................................................................................................................... 3-57
HFL015 (1.5 kW) Stainless Steel* cut chart - Metric ....................................................................................................................3-58
HFL015 (1.5 kW) Stainless Steel* cut chart - English ..................................................................................................................3-59
HFL015 (1.5 kW) Aluminum* cut chart - Metric .............................................................................................................................3-60
HFL015 (1.5 kW) Aluminum* cut chart - English ...........................................................................................................................3-61
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Mild Steel* cut chart - Metric .............................................................................................................................3-62
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Mild Steel* cut chart - English ...........................................................................................................................3-63
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Stainless Steel* cut chart - Metric ...................................................................................................................3-64
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Stainless Steel* cut chart - English ..................................................................................................................3-65
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Aluminum* cut chart - Metric .............................................................................................................................3-66
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Aluminum* cut chart - English ........................................................................................................................... 3-67
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Brass* cut chart - Metric .....................................................................................................................................3-68
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Brass* cut chart - English ...................................................................................................................................3-69
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Copper* cut chart - Metric ................................................................................................................................. 3-70
HFL020 (2.0 kW) Copper* cut chart - English ............................................................................................................................... 3-71
HFL030 (3.0 kW) Mild Steel* cut chart - Metric ............................................................................................................................. 3-72
HFL030 (3.0 kW) Mild Steel* cut chart - English ........................................................................................................................... 3-73
HFL030 (3.0 kW) Stainless Steel* cut chart - Metric ....................................................................................................................3-74