Laser processing technology has been applied in various industries such as aviation and aerospace, electronic and electrical appliances, grain textiles, automotive parts, engineering machinery, railway ships, metallurgical elevators, sheet metal processing, process tools, advertising decoration, metal external processing, kitchen utensils processing, etc. Replacing traditional punching and cutting methods, laser processing technology has gradually entered the main battlefield of processing in the shipbuilding industry.

So, what are the specific advantages of laser processing technology applied in the field of shipbuilding?

1. The shipbuilding industry mainly relies on steel plate raw materials, using laser cutting machines for marine steel plates and cutting assembly allowances, eliminating on-site repair and cutting phenomena, reducing labor and material waste, significantly accelerating the speed of framework assembly, and significantly improving assembly quality.

2. The parts cut by laser cutting machine have very small deformation, high cutting accuracy, small thermal deformation, reduction of secondary processing (such as milling, drilling, etc.), transportation, polishing, especially small circles, small holes, curved surface processing, etc., which meet the accuracy requirements of ship segmentation and allocation.

3. Laser processing equipment can work with high intensity for long periods of time, accelerating overall work progress, improving work efficiency, shortening production cycles, and reducing costs.

However, there are also some difficulties that cannot be solved temporarily in the application of laser cutting machines in the shipbuilding industry

1. The cutting speed of laser processing technology is slow, only about one-third of that of plasma cutting, and the huge workload of steel processing in the shipbuilding industry cannot be met by laser processing equipment temporarily.

2. Some of the boards used have undergone surface treatment (such as paint film), which has had a certain impact on the final cutting quality.

3. It is not suitable to use a laser cutting machine to cut boards with significant changes in groove form. Although many manufacturers have achieved high levels of groove cutting technology in laser cutting equipment, compared to the complex groove requirements in shipbuilding, they still cannot meet them one by one.

With the continuous development of shipbuilding technology in the world, it has driven the diversification of ship design. The characteristics of high-precision cutting and high plasticity of laser cutting machines are highly consistent with the shipbuilding industry, and will be applied in more shipbuilding enterprises in the future. Laser processing systems are expected to gradually open up the space in shipbuilding malls, and laser cutting and welding skills are expected to be widely popularized in the shipbuilding industry.

About HGTECH

HGTECH is the pioneer and leader of laser industrial application in China, and the authoritative provider of global laser processing solutions. We comprehensively layout the construction of laser intelligent equipment, measurement and automation production lines, and smart factories to provide an overall solution for intelligent manufacturing.

We deeply grasp the development trend of manufacturing industry, constantly enrich products and solutions, adhere to exploring the integration of automation, informatization, intelligence and manufacturing industry, and provide various industries with laser cutting systems, laser welding systems, laser marking series, laser texturing complete equipment, laser heat treatment systems, laser drilling machines, lasers and various supporting devices The overall plan for the construction of special laser processing equipment and plasma cutting equipment, as well as automatic production lines and smart factories.