The invention discloses a
laser cutting machine. The
laser cutting machine comprises a fixed chuck, a
laser cutting head located on the right side of the fixed chuck, a movable chuck located on the left side of the fixed chuck, a
slag remover located on the right side of the
laser cutting head and a gas extractor, wherein the
slag remover is provided with an inner cavity, a gas suction inlet and a gas suction
pipe, the gas suction inlet is located in the left side face of the
slag remover and communicates with the inner cavity, one end of the gas suction
pipe communicates with the inner cavity, and the other end is connected to the gas suction device, in addition, the invention further provides a slag removal method which comprises the following steps of starting the gas extractor to extract gas from the inner cavity of the slag remover, and the slag remover is driven to move relative to a
metal pipe, so that the gas exhaust inlet of the slag remover communicates with one end of the
metal pipe, and gas exhaust is conducted on a pipe cavity of the
metal pipe. Compared with a mode that a
scrap removing pipe is inserted into the metal pipe to remove scraps, the metal pipe in the
cut state serves as a part of the slag remover, the inner
diameter of the metal pipe is larger than that of the
scrap removing pipe, when the metal pipe is vacuumized, the pipe cavity of the metal pipe can achieve the ideal vacuum degree more easily, and the
scrap removing effect can be improved.