What should be paid attention to when cutting stainless steel round pipes

The first type is grinding machine cutting. It is suitable for ordinary cutting. There is no precision requirement for the length of the cutting. For example, a six-meter-long stainless steel pipe is cut into several sections by ordinary cutting, which will have certain errors and burrs. It is necessary to use a stainless steel pipe burr remover or a correct and effective burr removal method to achieve better results. Straight-line cutting may only have a grinding wheel, but this is enough for most purposes.
The second type is circular saw cutting. It is suitable for precise cutting. It has high requirements for the length of each section of cutting. It can meet the requirements and the cutting length error is small. However, there is a disadvantage that there will be a small amount of burrs on the inner wall of the cut pipe, so if both ends need to be completely smooth, an additional chamfering program is required.
The third type is laser cutting. It has precise cutting, no burrs, smooth surface, full CNC operation, fast speed, high efficiency, and greatly saves the development time of new products. It can be used directly after cutting without further processing. But the cost of cutting is relatively high compared to the first two types.
The fourth type is wire cutting. It uses a moving metal wire (molybdenum wire, copper wire or alloy wire) as an electrode wire, and generates high temperature through pulse spark discharge between the electrode wire and the stainless steel round tube to melt or vaporize the metal, thereby forming a slit, and then cutting out parts. This cutting method has no burrs and smooth incisions, but the stainless steel pipe wire has a slight discoloration after cutting, and requires subsequent grinding treatment. It is complex and inefficient and not suitable for large-scale use.
The above content is a summary of the stainless steel round tube cutting method. Compared with some other cutting methods, laser cutting is obviously the best cutting method in all aspects. Of course, its only disadvantage may be that it is expensive. The stainless steel round tube processed by laser cutting has no burrs, good feel, smooth incision, precise size, small error, small loss, and low labor cost. Of course, the choice of cutting processing method mainly depends on the outer diameter, thickness, cutting length, quantity and cutting requirements of the stainless steel round tube, as well as the cost budget.