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List of Materials And Their
Laser Cutting Characteristics
Below is a fairly comprehensive list of materials, together with brief information as to whether we can cut them, and a link to our page if the particular material has one. If we can't we try to recommend a suitable process. We bet the one you're looking for isn't here! If it isn't ask us and we'll have a think..
Material |
Comment |
| ABS | Yes, but not a great cut |
| Acrylic | Excellent - See our Plastics Page |
| Aluminium | See our Page |
| Armour Plate | Up to 12mm thick |
| Bakelite | No - Try Waterjet Cutting |
| Brass | See our Page |
| Carbon Fibre | Yes, but an awful cut |
| Card | See our Page |
| Ceramic | Can be cut, but we don't specialise |
| Copper | See our Page |
| Cork | Yes - Cuts and Engraves very well |
| Corten | See our Steel Page |
| Duplex | See our Stainless Page |
| Durbar | Yes - refer to the base material |
| EVA | Yes |
| Fabric | Can be cut, but we don't specialise |
| Galvanised Steel | Yes |
| Glass | No - Try Waterjet Cutting |
| Gold | No - Try a Company with YaG Lasers |
| Granite | No - Try Waterjet Cutting |
| Ground Flat Stock | Yes |
| GRP | Yes |
| Hastalloy | Yes |
| HDPE | See our Plastics Page |
| HIPS | See our Plastics Page |
| Inconel | Yes |
| Invar | Yes |
| Kevlar | Yes |
| Laminate | Depends on the Materials - ask us! |
| Leather | Yes |
| LDPE | See our Plastics Page |
| Losil | Yes and other Electrical Steels |
| Marble | No - Try Waterjet |
| MDF | See our Page |
| Mild Steel | See our Steel Page |
| Mylar | See our Plastics Page |
| Nickel | Yes |
| Nylon | See our Plastics Page |
| Paper | See our Page |
| PETG | Yes |
| Phosphor Bronze | See our Page |
| Platinum | No - Try a Company with YaG Lasers |
| Plywood | See our Page |
| Polycarbonate | See our Plastics Page |
| Polyester | Yes |
| Polypropylene | See our Plastics Page |
| PVC | No - Try Waterjet |
| Rubber | Only certain types |
| Shim Steel | Yes |
| Silver | No - Try a Company with YaG Lasers |
| Spring Steel | Yes |
| Stainless Steel | See our Stainless Page |
| Stone | No - Try Waterjet |
| Tin Plate | Yes |
| Titanium | Yes - only up to 6mm |
| Tool Steel | Yes |
| Tufnol | No - Try Waterjet |
| Wear Plate | Yes |
| Wood | See our Page |
| Zeron | Yes |
| Zintec | Yes |