Category: Fiber Laser

Size Matters When it comes to metal cutting lasers, the biggest difference between the various types is the wavelength of their beams. The term “laser” is an acronym that stands for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation,” describing a process where light is amplified or gains power by bouncing its photons back and forth […]

Plasma and Lasers—Aren’t They Basically the Same? Both plasma cutters and fiber lasers cut metal with heat, and they usually involve a cutting head that moves on an assembly above a table holding a large workpiece, but that’s about as far as the similarities go. A plasma cutter uses a combination of inert gases and […]

Something for Every Laser Cutting Need While perhaps best known for their world-class press brakes and plate rolls, Revolution Machine Tools offers top-of-the line metal-cutting fiber lasers as well. RMT has more recently entered the tube cutting fiber laser market, but it is in the sheet metal/plate metal cutting arena where—excuse the pun—RMT’s fiber lasers […]