Effect of laser cutting on magnetic properties of grain oriented Fe–Si ribbons

ypical Fe–Si sheets were cut using various techniques, reducing the material to ribbons having their grains oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis. The magnetic and magnetoelastic properties in this direction reveal differences in the effects produced by conventional mechanical cutting in comparison with laser cutting. In particular, the latter technique results in both the highest saturation magnetisation level and the lowest values of coercive field, hysteresis loss, and saturation magnetostriction. It can be inferred from the results that laser cutting is effective in decreasing both induced stresses and defects on the cut edges.MST/1446