In today's high-tech, often dust free manufacturing environment, the cutting of materials brings with it new challenges. For instance, consider the problems of making ultra precision cuts in hardened alloys on a multi-million-dollar satellite, where even one speck of dust in the wrong place can lead to total disaster.
Todays Solution - Laser Beam Cutting Machine
Todays solution would be to use a laser cutting machine. Of course even then, an inert gas such as nitrogen might also be used in the cutting zone to displace ambient oxygen, thus preventing any unwanted chemical reactions that might produce micro-ash.
Low Tech Applications
Laser cutting machines are also being used today in surprisingly low tech applications as well. For instance, consider the problems in textile manufacturing. Laser cutting machines are now able to replace older more dangerous cutting devices and they can also cut through much deeper stacks of fabric.
Laser Cutters For Artists and Designers
Even artists and creative designers are now using laser cutting machines to cut materials such as wood for purely decorative purposes. You see, laser cutting machines produce far more cleaner cuts and can easily cut objects of just about any shape.
Difficult to Cut Shapes
For instance, consider the problem that an artist faced in the past who wanted to cut a wooden ball in half. Not only did he or her have to figure out how to do it but it had to be done perfectly. With a Laser Beam Cutting Machine, a beam is simply aimed at the wooden ball as it sits loose on the cutting table and it's as simple as that.