5 Cnc Laser Cutting Settings For Plastics

CNC laser cutting is a great way to cut out your parts and then turn them into something. I learned how to use a cnc laser for cutting plastic. We used it to cut parts for bike handlebars, but then we kept on using it for other things like construction, furniture and art. This can be accomplished by using the proper setting on your laser cutter

Here are some of the settings that you will need

Acceleration - This determines how fast your machine will go when it cuts through plastic. It is usually around 3200 RPMs

Cutting Speed - This determines how fast your machine will cut through the part when it is spinning at 3200 RPMs or higher. It is usually around 2500 RPMs

Feed Rate - This determines how much material gets cut at once in one pass of the blade that cuts your part. The higher this number, the faster that material will go through the machine, but there will be more wear and tear on your machine's parts because they have to move so fast; however, if you have a smaller tooling setup then this might not be an issue for you since those machines won't be moving very fast anyway.*

cnc laser cutter settings for plastic

CNC Plastic Machining

CNC Machining Plastic Parts are widely used in all industries fields and most products around us in the world. And many plastic materials are suitable for machining processes.

Therefore, CNC machining plastic parts are important production way to make out plastic products.

Different plastics have different properties, with their low cost and multi-selecting reason, so CNC machining plastic parts are flexibly choose plastic materials for various functional products.

Different processing use different materials for its functional purpose. Normally we use ABS, PS, PC, Nylon, PEEK, PA, POM, etc. For plastic parts by CNC turning, milling, drilling; And apply finishing treatment on surface such as painting, powder coating, etc.

Benefits of CNC Plastic Machining

1/ Plastic materials have many series with different properties for different choice

2/ Plastic materials is soft, shape-keeping, and easy-cutting for CNC machining processes

3/ CNC machining plastic parts are light-weight for product using

4/ CNC machining plastic parts are non-conductive of electricity, supporting many non-conductive parts

5/ CNC machining plastic parts are flexible to change the shape, benefiting the prototyping time and cost

6/ Plastic parts material supporting recycle collecting, material renewal benefits the burden of world

Common Materials Code of CNC Machining plastic

Plastic Series	Workable Processes	Surface Finishing for plastic Parts	Materials Code
	CNC Turning, CNC Milling, CNC Drilling, Molding, Injection, etc.	Painting, Blasting, Grinding, Powder, ect.	ABS
			HDPE / LDPE
			Nylon
			POM
			PEEK
			PMMA
			PTFE
			Polycarbonate
			Polystyrene
			other more Plastics

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