The laser cutting fixture is used to cut sheet metal patterns that are later formed with the fluid cell flex press or power brakes before they are put on a helicopter.

Laser safety officers are given the authority and responsibility to implement, monitor and enforce a facility’s laser safety program. As fiber laser technology takes off in the sheet metal industry, ...

fellow hackologists may be interested in a year and half long project of mine to build a computer controlled sheet metal cutting system. It uses a 100 watt CO2 industrial laser.

Sheet metal can be cut very effectively by laser cutting. This method provides benefits that cannot be obtained from other methods of cutting sheet metal. It is important to compare the capabilities ...

Sadly, the usual CO2-powered suspects in the DIY laser cutter market are woefully incapable of cutting metal. Sure, they’ll cut the heck out of plywood and acrylic, and most will do a decent … ...

Learn how to use the sheet metal at Sears think [box], Case Western Reserve University’s open-access innovation center and makerspace.

For simple metal cutting, it's as easy as loading in a sheet of metal, pressing a few buttons, and presto: an industrial-grade 1200W laser fires right into the sheet, guided by the onboard ...

The patented EasyFlipper from Teqram turns sheet-metal parts within seconds without the need to use a crane and slings, belts ...

Even sheet metal is no match for a 1 kW laser, and can be melted through in about a tenth of a second. Mind you, kilowatt-class lasers are still far too heavy and bulky for a compact drone to carry.