With the development of the modern machining industry, requirements for cutting quality and precision continue to rise, along with the need for improved production efficiency, reduced production costs, and highly intelligent automated cutting capabilities. The development of CNC cutting machines must adapt to the demands of the modern machining industry. Cutting machines are categorized as flame cutting machines, plasma cutting machines, laser cutting machines, and water jet cutting machines. Laser cutting machines are the most efficient, offer the highest cutting precision, and generally cut smaller thicknesses. Plasma cutting machines also offer high cutting speeds and can cut surfaces with a certain degree of slope. Flame cutting machines are ideal for thicker carbon steel materials.
Cutting machines are used in both metal and non-metal industries. Generally speaking, the non-metal industry is more subdivided, including stone cutting machines, water jet cutting machines, sawtooth cutting machines, laser cutting machines for cutting fabric, plastic, and chemical fiber products, and blade cutting machines. For cutting metal materials, there are flame cutting machines and plasma cutting machines. Flame cutting machines are further categorized into CNC cutting machines and manual cutting machines. Manual cutting machines include small-sized, semi-automatic, and purely manual cutting machines, while CNC cutting machines include gantry-type CNC cutting machines, cantilever-type CNC cutting machines, desktop CNC cutting machines, and intersecting line CNC cutting machines.
CNC flame and plasma cutting machines generally account for the majority of cutting machine users, but in the future, precision plasma and laser cutting will replace them as mainstream cutting machines due to their environmental friendliness, high cutting speed, and high cutting quality.
