Study on laser cutting technology of bamboo
The research advances of laser cutting technology were first stated. Then to study the performance of bamboo laser cutting and obtain the optimum technological parameters, we used a laser cutting machine with 60 W power laser tube and observed the magnified kerf shape. We found laser cutting perpendicular to the fiber direction was more difficult than other cutting directions under the same conditions. The notch depth was the deepest by parallel cutting and the notch width was the widest by oblique cutting. When the thickness of laser-cut bamboos was 3 mm, we obtained moderate kerf width, thinner carburization zone and better kerf quality under laser nozzle height 20 mm, cutting speed 30 m.min-1 and laser output power 48 W, which were the optimum technological parameters of bamboo laser cutting.