Many products in the processing and manufacturing industry will use hardware. In the traditional industry, the general hardware processing will be processed by punch. It develops a unique mold and uses large stamping force to form at one time. This method has always been a common method in many large hardware factories. When mass production is needed, large-scale production can be carried out with simple operation and fast speed. However, there are also many shortcomings. The direct one is that the stamping hardware needs to develop dies, which requires development cycle and mold cost. If it is a large hardware, several sets of molds may be needed.

When the laser technology is improved, some hardware will use laser cutting, because it does not need to develop mold, as long as the engineering personnel draw drawings, the laser cutting equipment will accurately complete the cutting according to the design route, the speed is very fast.

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