{"id":11311,"date":"2021-03-22T18:22:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T18:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaletching.com\/?p=11311"},"modified":"2022-11-30T23:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:31:29","slug":"chemical-etching-vs-laser-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaletching.com\/chemical-etching-vs-laser-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical Etching Vs Laser Cutting: What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Chemical etching and laser cutting are both sheet metal fabrication processes that effectively produce various thin metal parts for the aerospace, automotive, medical, electronic, military, wireless, and telecommunications industries. <\/p>\n
Firstly, both of these manufacturing methods are subtractive; the laser cuts material away with a high-powered laser beam while chemical etching<\/a> uses certain chemicals that erode the unwanted metal.<\/p>\n Both processes are used to duplicate a part’s design with precise detail and low tolerances<\/a> on sheets of metal that would otherwise be impossible (or at least very time and labor-intensive) to achieve.<\/p>\n For certain products like mesh filters, grills, heat exchangers<\/a>, and encoder discs, the metals’ specifications need to be precise for the product to function correctly. Both manufacturing processes provide a solution, but let’s explore the two’s key differences.<\/p>\nCost <\/strong><\/h2>\n