Cost price calculation of laser cutting

Laser cutting processing is now an efficient and diverse processing method, which can not only perform punching and cutting, but also perform complex engraving processing, which has attracted the attention of many processing companies. Before buying a laser cutting machine, many processing companies will know about the cost of laser cutting and whether there is a reasonable profit value to determine what type of laser cutting equipment to buy. Let us analyze the processing costs of the two types of laser cutting machines.　　 850W YAG laser cutting machine processing cost calculation 　　 YAG laser cutting machine is an entry-level laser cutting machine, the general standard configuration is about 300,000 yuan. During the processing, the cost of processing electricity per hour is about 15 yuan (the electricity fee is calculated at 1 yuan/degree). When using the laser cutting machine, the auxiliary equipment-air compressor (air gas) is indispensable. The power consumption is about 5 yuan (in the case of cutting steel plates with a thickness of 1mm). In addition, the YAG laser cutting machine has a consumable for wearing parts, mainly including reflective lenses, cutting head nozzles, focusing lenses, and xenon lamps. After conservative calculations by engineers, the cost of loss per hour is about 8 yuan per hour. Therefore, through the overall calculation, the hourly processing cost of using the YAG solid-state laser cutting machine is about 28 yuan.　　 500W power fiber laser cutting machine processing cost calculation 　　 fiber laser cutting machine is a high-end laser cutting equipment, the general standard configuration is about 700,000 yuan. Due to the high photoelectric conversion rate of the fiber laser cutting machine, the power consumption per hour during processing is less than 5 yuan. In order to ensure a high-precision cutting effect, different auxiliary gases are used. The cost of using oxygen is about 12 yuan per hour, and the cost of using nitrogen is 26.7 yuan. The loss of the wearing parts of the fiber laser cutting machine is very low, so only the protective lens and the cutting copper nozzle need to be replaced, and the consumption cost is about 0.7 yuan per hour. Therefore, the processing cost of using oxygen is only about 18 yuan, and the processing cost of using nitrogen is only about 32 yuan.　　 Through the above comparison, the price of YAG laser cutting machine is more than twice lower than that of fiber laser cutting machine, but the processing cost is much higher than that of fiber laser cutting machine. Therefore, Wuhan High Energy Laser recommends that if the processing volume is not much, it is a good choice to choose a YAG laser cutting machine. If the processing volume is large and the precision is high, the fiber laser cutting machine is the most suitable choice, and the cost of recovery is fast. For more information about the processing characteristics of different types of laser cutting machines, you can refer to: How to choose a laser cutting machine suitable for processing steel plates