Lasers have done a great deal to advance everything from medicine to production lines. If you currently own and operate any kind of industry where lasers might be beneficial to you, you may be wondering what exactly these machines can do and if it is really worth the expense. Here are three ways in which laser cutting is changing different industries and manufacturing, and how it may help you (depending on which of these industries you work in).
Precision Key Cuts for Auto Industries
Keys used to be stamped and cut by pressure methods. Now they are being cut with lasers. The grooves in the keys are more precise and require less filing to make them tidy. The keys are also cut much faster and with less chance of breakage to the keys. Additionally, thicker, heavier and denser keys can be cut from stronger metals and metal alloys because the lasers cut through them with virtually no difficulty whatsoever. If you work in automobile manufacturing, you can use laser cutting to get precision key cuts for the cars you produce because it ensures that the keys will properly align the tumblers in their respective ignitions. The vehicles will start without any problems right off the assembly lines.
Precision Sheet Metal Cuts for Sheet Metal and Fabrication Industries
If your plant experiences a higher-than-desired amount of wasted sheet metal due to poor cutting and human error, then laser cutting can fix this issue. Laser cutting machines for sheet metal and metal fabrication are pre-programmed such that the only human errors that can occur are the ones that begin with plugging in the numbers at the keyboard. As long as numbers are entered accurately, the programming will respond by cutting every sheet of metal perfectly. That will definitely help save your factory time, money and materials since your employees will not have to recut several sheets of metal nor be forced to recycle the errors.
Precision Surgery and Cauterization for Doctors and Hospitals
Laser cutting is also used in surgical procedures. Because of its precision and ability to automatically cauterize blood vessels, there is little blood during surgery and little scarring afterwards. When laser cutting is included in robotic-assisted surgeries, most patients can walk out of the operating room with just band-aids instead of numerous stitches and drainage tubes. Laser cutting means smaller incisions too. If you are a doctor or a purchasing agent for a hospital, you may want to investigate further into the possibility of bringing your facility into the twenty-first century with one of the medical versions of a laser cutting machine.
For more information, contact companies like J&E Metal Fabricators.
