Effect of Process Parameters on Laser Cutting Process: A Review

Abstract

:  Laser cutting is energy based unconventional process used to cut complicated shapes of various types of materials. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of parameters associated with the laser cutting process. The quality of laser cut is of the most importance in laser cutting process. All cutting parameters might have significant influence on the resulting quality of work. In general, cutting parameters are adjusted and tuned to provide the quality of cut desired. But this consumes exhaustive amounts of time and effort. Therefore, it is important to investigate the impact of cutting parameters on quality of cut. The relations between the input parameters and the response were investigated. The result showed that the parameters like power, cutting speed and stand-off distance have major impact over surface roughness and kerf width.