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Stability
The ability of a laser system to maintain a beam with constant
output characteristics.
Stainless
Steels
Steels that are a mixture of iron, chromium, and other metals
such as nickel and molybdenum. Oxidized liquid produced in
the cut zone for
stainless steels does stick to the solid metal of the cut
workpiece. This causes a small amount of resolidified melt,
or dross, attached to the lower edge of the cut. The outer
layer of the resolidified melt has less chromium and will
more easily rust or corrode.
Soft Limit
Software limit. A means of defining an area or boundary of
motion for which the laser cutting machine cannot exceed.
Typically these are used to define the cutting envelope in
which the head can move without crashing into something. This
is done in software, instead of hardware, so that it can be
changed when you change your fixturing or setup, and so that
the machine can warn you ahead of time before you attempt
to do an impossible move. See Hard
Limit.
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