Laser cutting in Toronto can be broadly classified into two major types - the ablative laser cutting and laser fusion cutting. On one hand, ablative laser cutting uses a pulsed laser to remove the material layer by layer. It is more like evaporating the material to cut instead of melting it. On the other hand, laser fusion cutting melts the materials with the use of a high-pressure stream of gas that leaves an open cut kerf. Apart from the distinction in the process of cutting, the other major things that make these two different are the kind of cut that can be created and the speed of cutting.
Ablative laser cutting can make partial cuts while laser fusion cutting can’t and it only cuts all the way through the material. This is because laser fusion cutting uses continuous waves or longer pulses that causes a molten pool, penetrating through the entire depth of the material. Ablative laser cutting in Toronto operates with lasers that have micro or pulses. When it comes to speed, the present state of the laser technology favours the use of laser fusion cutting as it offers a much faster process than ablative cutting. The sheet metal cutting, in particular, specifically benefits from the speed and accuracy that fusion cutting provides.