dsjansen
Plastic
- Joined
- Jun 15, 2017
- Location
- WA, USA, EARTH, SOL
I've got a job coming up where I need to do some milling of 440C stainless. The material is 0.065" thick or thereabouts and will be laser cut to the appropriate shape before I put in a few features the laser can't do. The features I need to add are just a few chamfers and enlarging a couple of holes (taking off between 0.010" and 0.030").
My question is this: how much do I need to worry about the heat affected zone from the laser? Would it generate enough heat for long enough to turn the cut edges into woodpecker teeth? Should I expect to be doing hard milling or would the HAZ be small enough that I can just plow through?
My question is this: how much do I need to worry about the heat affected zone from the laser? Would it generate enough heat for long enough to turn the cut edges into woodpecker teeth? Should I expect to be doing hard milling or would the HAZ be small enough that I can just plow through?