Laser cutting is a subtractive manufacturing technology that uses a high power laser beam to cut flat sheet materials such as acrylic.
Laser cut acrylic sheet art.
This video was taken at the james madison u.
Welcome to my little acrylic shop we import and sell a variety of flat sheet materials which can be used for anything that you envision my little acrylic shop is a branch off our laser cutting and engraving service vector etch we commonly use all of the materials that you see available here for laser cutting and engraving typically working with jewellery makers and designers.
Cast acrylic in its sheet form is manufactured by mixing the liquid acrylic between two glass plates and is considered the higher quality product.
When cutting acrylic on a metal cutting bed the laser energy may hit the metal cutting bed and bounce back into the material causing divots or vertical marks along the cut line.
The high precision laser vaporizes a cut line through the acrylic leaving a 90 degree high quality cut edge finish.
Check out these projects with acrylic to see what you can.
Its high level of accuracy and detail repeatability and consistency mean laser cutting tech is hugely popular.
We can also cut frosted clear and tinted acrylic with our high power precision co2 laser.
Anything cut on the laser will have a fine polished edge.
We cut acrylic sheets measuring up to 1500mm x 2000mm up to a maximum of 20mm thick.
Acrylic is a versatile plastic which can be easily cut with saws and laser cutters can be bent and molded through heating and the best part is it comes in a ton of cool colors and finishes.
A computer directs this laser to follow the cutting line provided in your digital design.
This cutting process allows the laser beam to melt the edges of the acrylic and essentially produce a flame polished edge.
The acrylic cutting table is essential to a high quality flame polish cut.
Cutting acrylic is usually best achieved with relatively slow speed and high power.
A disadvantage with this process is that sheet thickness can vary significantly across the length of a sheet as much as 0 5mm unless you purchase high tolerance sheets.
Acrylic sheet 1 piece select color and size 0 118 inch thick 1 8 inches plexiglass sheet plastic sheet acrylic square plexiglass lucite green translucent 12 x 12 inch 5 0 out of 5 stars 2 10 11 10.
