Quality aspects of steel parts after laser cutting

S u m m a ry The paper presents the problem of a complex shape laser cutting in the elements made of stainless and carbon steel. Brief characteristics of the laser device and experiment method are presented too. The results of measurements of the surface topography of workpieces after laser cutting are described. To estimate the quality of the surface after cutting, the selected parameters of the surface roughness were chosen. In addition, the paper presents the results of the measurements of deviations of the measured profile in the relation to the designed shape of the workpiece.