Category: What’s the Difference?

Apples and Oranges John is shopping for a metal planter box with exact specifications. Not being able to find one that matches what he wants, he’s advised by a friend to have someone fabricate and weld a custom box for him. Looking up fabricators online, he finds a variety of shops in his area: Bob’s […]

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 […]