Laser cutting is a non-contact thermal separation process that uses a focused laser beam to cut through materials. Laser cutting is one of the largest industrial applications of high-power lasers — lasers can be used to cut everything from several inch thick steels to highly sensitive foils and medical devices. Optimization of laser parameters enables the cutting of flat and complex shapes in a wide variety of materials including metals, polymers, glasses and crystals, wood, and even fabrics and materials.

Laser cutting systems utilize both dedicated cutting process heads to deliver a static beam in a single direction and scanners that direct the beam over a wider processing area. Both methods of beam delivery can produce a wide variety of cut shapes and sizes rapidly and with high quality cutting edges. As a highly consistent non-contact process, laser cutting is flexible and easy to automate for a range of industries and applications.