Figure 2.
Cutting edge and cross section of aluminum-cooper alloy samples (2024-T3) processed by means of a CO2 laser using a conventional cutting head working with three different supplying pressures (Processing parameters: Laser power P = 2500 W, cutting speed vc = 4000 mm/min, focal length f = 127 mm, stand-off Z = 1.5 mm, conical nozzle, nozzle diameter d = 2 mm, assist gas: argon).