Effective Scanning Condition of Laser CFRP Processing with High Power Pulsed Fiber Laser

Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) composite has been expected to the next generation material. Laser CFRP processing has attracted attention. Fiber laser has recently appeared rapid development [1]. The fiber laser is superior to such as simplicity, stability of operation, large output and high beam quality under the hard environment compared to the conventional CO2 laser and YAG laser. Then, the CFRP processing with the fiber laser had been performed in this study. We had implemented the experimental study with the pulsed laser because of adoption of cutting by the ablation process and avoidance of the thermal cutting by the continuous wave laser [2]. The experimental study of CFRP processing with the fiber laser which was pulsed and high power was performed.