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Our Customer Service team is here to assist you through the entire manufacturing process (request for quote, design for manufacturing, documentation, & shipment verification).

Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department for technical and administrative questions.

Laser Cutting Guidelines

Material Selection Hypotubes

• + Stainless Steel
• + Nitinol (NiTi)
• + Cobalt Chromium
• + Titanium
• + Tantalum
• + Hastelloy
• + Magnesium

• + Elgiloy
• + Platinum
• + Gold
• + Silver
• + Brass
• + Copper

Determine cut width (laser Kerf width)

• + Larger kerf = faster cutting = less $
• + Smaller kerf = slower cutting = more $$$

Thin wall (.002” - .005”) | .0005” - .001” Kerf
Normal Wall (.006” - .009”) | .001” - .002” Kerf
Thick Wall (.010” - .025”) | .0015” - .004” Kerf

Tubing Limitations

• + Wall = .002” - .025”
• + Diameter = .008” - .700” OD
• + Tubing Length: We can accommodate most tubing lengths over 4” but prefer lengths 54” and higher

Calculating yield from raw material

(Supplied Tubing Length - 6”) / (Part Length + .015”)
= Maximum Part Yield Per Tubing Length

NG:YAG Laser limitations

• + Holes cut in tubing create a slight taper effect ^{(fig. 1*)}
• + Cuts are made “normal” to surface of tube ^{(fig. 2)}
• + Laser cannot cut “off-axis” ^{(fig. 3)}
• + Material rotates under fixed laser beam

Flat or “unrolled” drawing formats (fig. 4**)

• + DWG
• + DXF
• + PDF (for quoting purposes only. Pulse cannot program from PDF files)
• + SLDDRW (tubing should be created with longitudinal slit so part can be unrolled)

* Important: specify on drawing which diameter (ID or OD) is more critical to maintain for thru-hole measurements.
** Example of 2D flat or “unrolled” drawing file.