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Laser Cutting - Page 56
- From The Fabricator
LaserCoil Technologies appoints director of mechanical engineering/product development
- May 28, 2015
- News Release
LaserCoil Technologies LLC, a provider of coil-fed laser cutting systems in Napoleon, Ohio, has hired Scott Sonnenberg as director of mechanical engineering and product development. Before joining the company, he was engineering manager for Wauseon Machine & Mfg. He also previously worked as a...
- From The Fabricator
Cy-Laser America dedicates technology center and showroom in Michigan
- May 26, 2015
- News Release
Cy-Laser America, a subsidiary of Cy-Laser S.r.L., Schio, Italy, has opened a new technology center in Sterling Heights, Mich. At the grand opening, the company hosted dealers, customers, and local dignitaries, offering demonstrations of a new line of end-load fiber lasers to North America....
- From The Fabricator
Software feature helps create clean pierce point in laser cutting
- May 7, 2015
- Product Release
Laserdyne’s new SmartPierce™ feature, offered in the S94P high-speed laser cutting system, creates a clean pierce point that is the same diameter as the cut width. This eliminates splatter of molten material around the pierce location to help ensure a consistent, smooth entry point. The...
- From The Fabricator
Fiber laser cutting system designed for entry-level applications
- May 6, 2015
- Product Release
LVD Strippit has introduced the Lynx FL fiber laser cutting system. The flexible system processes a variety of materials and thicknesses. Powered by a high-efficiency IPG (2-kW) fiber laser source, the system processes thin sheet materials such as mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum, as well...
- From The Fabricator
Multiaxis laser cutting machine includes rotary indexing table
- Apr 28, 2015
- Product Release
TRUMPF has released the second-generation TruLaser Cell 8030, a multiaxis machine designed for laser cutting of hot-stamped 3-D components. The modular machine features a highly dynamic rotational changer and new rotary indexing table, which features up to three workstations. The areas for...
- From The Fabricator
Bystronic names regional sales manager for Southeast
- Apr 16, 2015
- News Release
Bystronic Inc., a provider of laser cutting systems, waterjet cutting systems, press brakes, and system software based in Elgin, Ill., has appointed Brian Schwartz to regional sales manager for the Southeast U.S. region encompassing Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas....
- From The Fabricator
SPI acquires JK Lasers
- Apr 15, 2015
- News Release
SPI Lasers, a member of the TRUMPF Group, has acquired Rugby, U.K.-based JK Lasers, a manufacturer of fiber lasers for industrial use and former member of the GSI Group. JK Lasers has more than 40 years’ experience in laser development. Its core competence is in fiber lasers with outputs from...
- From The Fabricator
Bystronic names sales manager for southern and Midwestern regions
- Apr 9, 2015
- News Release
Elgin, Ill.-based Bystronic Inc., a provider of laser cutting, waterjet cutting, and press brake systems and system software, has appointed Chad Jackson as regional sales manager for the southern and Midwestern U.S. regions encompassing northwest Arkansas, Colorado, southern Illinois, southern...
Reaping rewards with precision laser cutting
- By Eric Lundin
- Apr 8, 2015
- Article
In 1973 full-time farmer Mike Van Mill tried his hand at building a grain wagon for a neighboring farmer, and he has been at it full-time since incorporating Brent Industries a few years later. Now the operations manager for Unverferth Mfg., Shell Rock, Iowa, Van Mill is part of a team that manufactures implements under the Brent brand name. The staff runs the facility like a savvy farmer runs a farm, always looking for a better way but proceeding cautiously. A sheet laser purchased in the early 2000s led to a tube laser purchased in 2014.
- From The Fabricator
Nozzle changer added to large-table-capacity laser system
- Apr 7, 2015
- Product Release
LVD Co. nv offers its optional nozzle changer on its Impuls 6020 CO2 laser cutting systems. Featuring storage for 10 nozzles, the option helps reduce piercing times and increase overall throughput on laser systems with large table capacity. As materials and thicknesses change throughout the...
- From The Fabricator
4 ways to a better laser-cut edge
- Apr 2, 2015
- Article
Edge quality in laser cutting has improved significantly over the decades, and many of those improvements come from four areas: better materials, nozzles, process control, and beam quality.
- From The Fabricator
Mazak Optonics draws record-breaking crowds to Laser Technology Days
- Apr 1, 2015
- News Release
Mazak Optonics Corp., Elgin, Ill., welcomed more than 300 guests to its Laser Technology Days event, March 24-25, 2015. Visitors attended seminars and viewed emerging technology in action at the company’s Technology Center. On display were the Optiplex 3015 4-kW fiber machine with brand-new...
- From The Fabricator
Fiber laser cutting machine incorporates patented compass head positioner
- Mar 31, 2015
- Product Release
The 2015 Salvagnini L5 fiber laser cutting machine incorporates the patented, rotary motor-driven compass head positioner. According to the manufacturer, the positioner allows for improved speed, accuracy, reliability, energy conservation, and performance. Available in 2-, 3-, and 4-kW versions,...
- From The Fabricator
TRUMPF Canada appoints managing director
- Mar 30, 2015
- News Release
TRUMPF Canada, Mississauga, Ont., a manufacturer of fabricating machinery and industrial lasers for flexible sheet metal processing, has appointed Stefan Fickenscher as managing director. He succeeds Stefan Schreiber, who returns to TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG in Ditzingen, Germany, as head of central...
- From The Welder
Prima Power Laserdyne to install system in new China technology center
- Mar 27, 2015
- News Release
Champlin, Minn.-based Prima Power Laserdyne, a manufacturer of multiaxis laser cutting, welding, and drilling systems, has announced plans to install a Laserdyne 430BD system at the new Prima Power Technology Center in Suzhou, China. The new facility will provide laser process development for Asian...
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