Buying the right metal laser cutting machine is the first guarantee of your investment. For most metal manufacturers, the process may be difficult. Therefore, it is important to make a reasonable analysis before buying the machine. This article is designed to help you organize your ideas through 3 questions. Let's delve into the details.

Why buy metal laser cutting machine?

For most metal manufacturers, the ultimate goal of using laser cutting solutions for metal cutting is ROI.

To achieve this goal, let's make a simple analysis.

The average payback period of the metal laser cutting machine is about 2-3 years, and the service life of the machine is 8-10 years.

If you outsource the cutting work, you need to pay 10000 dollars per month to the outsourcing center. The average profit margin of laser cutting service is between 50% and 60% (according to the data of the Chinese market). Then, if you bring your own metal laser cutting machine, you can save about 5000 dollars per month and 60,000 dollars per year. If you need to cut the metal with a thickness of 4-6 mm, the 1000W metal laser cutting machine is sufficient for this job. If you purchase a metal laser cutting machine from China, and conclude the transaction at a price of about 60000 USD - 70000 USD. This means that you will recover your money within one year. You will retain all profits for the next 7-9 years. Because the service life of metal laser cutting machine can last for 8-10 years. What a good investment! That's what we want to share with you.

If you are an end user, how much is the hidden cost per month? Here, by blanking cost, we only mean cutting cost, excluding material cost or subsequent bending, folding, welding and painting cost. Some customers do not calculate costs separately. It doesn't matter that the cutting cost is usually half of the processing cost. Facts have proved that the average profit rate of 50% - 60% is an accurate algorithm. Therefore, you can calculate the payback period according to the machine cost. Ensure that the deadline is kept within 2 years.

Since 2-year ROI is our standard, we can choose all methods related to machines to achieve this goal. Therefore, it is very important to choose a suitable metal laser cutting machine.

It should not only meet your current production requirements, but also lay the foundation for the next 6-8 years.

What kind of metal laser cutting machine do you need?

When choosing a metal laser cutting machine, many buyers are easily trapped and end up with the wrong machine. Here are some questions to help you figure out.

Would you like to spend extra money on 10% orders?

Many buyers pay too much attention to the maximum cutting thickness and neglect the maximum cutting thickness percentage.

For example, a buyer said that he would cut 12mm-16mm stainless steel and asked for advice on power supply. We will recommend 6000W laser. Before that, we asked a question: What is the metal thickness that accounts for the largest proportion of cutting? He told us 4-8mm. The thickness can reach 2000W. Then we asked him the proportion of 12mm-16mm metal cutting. Is it more than 10%? Because the price of 6000W metal laser cutting machine is at least twice that of 3000W. If it is necessary to cut 4mm to 8mm stainless steel, the 2000W-3000W laser cutting machine is sufficient, but we usually leave a certain laser power attenuation margin, so we recommend using 3000W. That is, if you are not clear, you must spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy 10% of the products. It turns out that you can get a return in 2-3 years at first, but now you have to wait for additional years. Do you think that's OK?

Do you know the difference between high quality cutting thickness and maximum cutting thickness?

Another thing we want you to know is that a high quality cut thickness is different from the maximum cut thickness.

We define high-quality cutting as continuous and stable cutting. Let's take a 500W laser as an example. If you want to achieve smooth cutting, you'd better keep the cutting thickness of carbon steel below 3mm. When using 500W laser to cut 4mm carbon steel, the cut part may become unsmooth. Therefore, when selecting the power supply, the requirements for the quality of finished products should also be considered.