Influence of Process Parameters on Cutting Width in CO2 Laser Processing of Hardox 400 Steel

This paper presents an experimental research that proposes to determine the influence of process parameters on CO2 laser cutting of 8 mm thick Hardox 400 steel, for which Kerf has a minimum value. The experimental research was conducted according to a complete factorial plan with laser power, assistant gas pressure and cutting speed as the input parameters, and cutting width as the dependable variable. The Design of Experiment (DOE) consisted of 27 references and was completed with four replicas to determine the variation of the Kerf average. Functional, linear and quadratic relations were determined, which describe the Kerf dependence on the cutting parameters in order to establish the most influential parameter. The results show that the independent parameter with the most significant influence was the laser power, with minimum Kerf obtained if the laser power and the assistant gas pressure were adjusted to average values. The interaction between laser power and auxiliary gas pressure at constant cutting speed was investigated to improve Kerf and reduce the laser processing cost. The study offers the right combination of process parameters that leads to a minimum value of the cutting width.

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