How to Choose a Cutting Machine to Cut Silicone Gasket Materials?

As a material widely used in industry and production, the cutting accuracy of silicone is very important for the processing and production of enterprises. Below we will explain the two common silicone cutting methods: oscillating knife cutting machine and laser cutting machine, and analyze their respective advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages of Oscillating Knife Cutting Machine:

The oscillating knife cutting machine uses high-frequency vibration blades to cut silicone. Its advantages are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

1. Cutting is smokeless and environmentally friendly. The oscillating knife cutting machine uses blade cutting. Mechanical kinetic energy cutting will not produce burnt edges and smoke, and will not affect the environment.
2. High precision: The oscillating knife cutting machine can achieve high-precision cutting, especially for silicone parts with complex shapes or small sizes, and can maintain high cutting accuracy and surface quality.
3. Material saving: The equipment has an intelligent typesetting program. Compared with the manual typesetting program, the equipment typesetting saves more than 15% of materials.
4. Low cost: The equipment cost and operating cost of the oscillating knife cutting machine are relatively low, which is particularly suitable for small and medium-sized production scenarios and can effectively control production costs.
   However, the oscillating knife cutting of silicone has certain requirements for its thickness and hardness.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Laser Cutting Machine:

Laser cutting machine is a high-precision cutting tool, but it also has some limitations and disadvantages in silicone cutting:

1. High precision: Laser cutting machine can achieve very high-precision cutting, suitable for silicone parts with extremely high cutting accuracy requirements.
2. Low cost, the price of laser cutting machine is low, and there are fewer loss parts
3. It will produce a lot of smoke and pollute the environment when machine working. It is not suitable for some areas with high environmental protection requirements.
4. Slow speed: When laser cutting machine processes silicone, it needs to irradiate point by point, so the cutting speed is slower than that of vibration knife cutting machine, which is not suitable for large-scale and high-yield production needs.

In summary, the oscillating knife cutting machine shows outstanding advantages in the cutting of silicone materials, including wide applicability, easy operation and cost control. Therefore, when choosing CNC cutting machine, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the specific silicone product requirements and production scale to achieve the best processing effect and economic benefits.