Laser cutting of thick steel plates with 30 kW fiber laser, 2

Tamura, Koji; Ishigami, Ryoya*

The laser cutting of thick steel plates with 30 kW fiber laser has been developed. Output of the introduced fiber laser (30 kW, IPG YLS-30000) was collimated with a pair of focusing lens, and was irradiated to stainless steel and carbon steel plates, which were transferred at a constant speed. Assist gas of air at a flow rate of about 500 l/min was used. It was demonstrated in this experiment that thick stainless steel plates up to 300 mm and carbon steel plates up to 300 mm were successfully cut. These results are quite promising for the application of laser cutting to the actual nuclear decommissioning.