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Laser Cutting - Page 44
- From The Fabricator
Fiber laser cuts nonferrous, ferrous materials
- Sep 20, 2017
- Product Release
Murata Machinery USA Inc. offers the LS3015GC laser. With an integrated flying- optics system, the machine can cut through ferrous and nonferrous materials, including steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, and bronze.
The system features a small footprint and upgraded drive system.
- From The Welder
Compact fiber laser produces up to 2.5 kW of power
- Sep 19, 2017
- Product Release
The nLIGHT® alta™ compact fiber laser, which the company says is the world’s smallest, can produce up to 2.5 kW of power. The laser can be used to power an array of industrial cutting, welding, and AM equipment. Proprietary back-reflection technology allows users to cut or weld reflective...
- From The Fabricator
Not another equipment showroom
Instead of just building a new showroom in the Chicagoland area, TRUMPF has erected a facility where fabricators can see just how digitization can transform the way that they make metal parts.
- From The Welder
TRUMPF names general manager
- Sep 12, 2017
- News Release
TRUMPF Inc., a manufacturer of fabricating machinery and industrial lasers for flexible sheet metal processing in Farmington, Conn., has named Ralf Kimmel as general manager of its Laser Technology Center in Plymouth Township, Mich. Kimmel has been with the company since 2000, when he began his...
- From The Fabricator
IPG, MC Machinery form laser manufacturing partnership
- Sep 5, 2017
- News Release
Fiber laser and amplifier provider IPG Photonics Corp., Oxford, Mass., has entered into an agreement with metalworking and metal fabrication machine manufacturer MC Machinery Systems Inc. (MCM) to offer sales and service of IPG’s industrial laser systems for materials processing applications....
- From The Fabricator
Multimode feed capability helps increase laser blanking speeds
- Aug 30, 2017
- Product Release
LaserCoil Technologies LLC has announced the addition of continuous mode (on-the-fly) cutting capability to its coil-fed laser blanking systems, enabling users to choose either feed index mode (stop/start) or continuous mode to optimize cutting parameters for each part configuration. The user can...
- From The Fabricator
Mazak Optonics hires national sales manager
- Aug 23, 2017
- News Release
Elgin, Ill.-based Mazak Optonics Corp. has hired Adam Smelewski as national sales manager for North America. He has five years of sales management experience with laser manufacturers and worked for 10 years at Haeger as regional sales manager, distribution manager, and North American sales manager....
- From The Fabricator
North Alabama Laserfab to add laser cutting machine, five employees
- Aug 21, 2017
- News Release
North Alabama Laserfab Inc., Lester, Ala., has announced plans to add a $575,000 laser cutting machine and hire five new employees over the next five years. The firm expects to add $150,000 in payroll over the next five years by immediately hiring two people and one person each year the following...
- From The Fabricator
Laser system cuts tube, structural, sheet, plate
- Aug 11, 2017
- Product Release
Mazak's Space Gear-U 44 performs high-speed, 2-D processing of sheet metal and plate; 3-D cutting of preformed parts; and 3-D rotary cutting of tube, pipe, and structural. In rotary mode, the machine cuts rectangular, round, and triangular pipe, as well as C-, H-, I-, and L-beams within a 6 in....
Rotary axis option added to fiber laser cutter
- Aug 11, 2017
- Product Release
Bystronic has added an integrated rotary axis option to its Bystronic ByStar Fiber laser cutter. The operator inserts the tubes that are to be processed through a hatch on the side of the machine housing or directly through the sliding door on the long side of the machine, which gives unlimited...
3-D laser cutting machine designed for tube and structural applications
- Aug 7, 2017
- Product Release
The 3D Fabri Gear 400 III from Mazak Optonics performs laser cutting of tube, pipe, and structurals. Available with a 2.5- or 4.0-kW resonator, it cuts round, square, rectangular, and triangular materials, as well as I- and H-beams, C-channel, angle iron, and additional user-defined shapes from...
- From The Fabricator
Private screening: The tale of an expanding fabrication business
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 18, 2017
- Article
Since building its first privacy screen in 2013, Aesthetic Metals LLC has expanded its scope to include dining area partitions, sunscreens, outdoor furniture, fire pits and rings, planters, trellises—essentially anything and everything to decorate outdoor living spaces—for commercial and residential customers.
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: “Democratized” fiber laser lowers ownership entry point
- By Kate Bachman
- Jul 17, 2017
- Article
Fabricators that want to dip theirs toes in the laser cutting machine pool without investing $1 million or so to do so may find what they seek in a new, low-entry-price point fiber laser machine launched at FABTECH with a 40-inch by 74-in. footprint that cuts both sheet metal and tube, cuts on shop air, doesn't need a chiller, and plugs into your 110-watt wall outlet.
- From The Welder
ICALEO 2017 opens registration
- Jul 14, 2017
- News Release
The International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) will be held Oct. 22–26, 2017, in Atlanta. The event will present the latest developments and technologies in laser materials processing, laser microprocessing, and nanomanufacturing. To register, visit...
- From The Fabricator
8-kW fiber laser uses new drive system for greater speed, accuracy
- Jul 14, 2017
- Product Release
Mazak Optonics Corp. has expanded its laser line by introducing the Optiplex Fiber III 3015 8-kW laser cutting system. The machine uses a new PreviewG control and digital drive package. The new drive system provides higher productivity through high speed and high accuracy, says the company. The...
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