Originally Posted by
carl_ray88
I've been running a Trumpf 3030 for a few weeks at a company where nobody knows much about lasers, so I have alot of questions. I was running 1/2 inch mild steel today and the perimeter of the part (cutting large contour) wasn't cutting good, but the holes in the part (cutting medium contour) looked really good. I got the most senior operator to help and his solution was to replace all the large contour cutting with medium contour cutting. I have 3 weeks experience on lasers and this doesn't seem right to me. Hoping someone could help with the parameters they run to cut 1/2 inch mild steel. Thanks