Fully Automated 3D Fiber Laser Tube Cutting System

BLM Group USA (Wixom, MI), a global leader in the manufacture of equipment for tube processing solutions, has announced the introduction of their Model LT8.10 fiber laser tube cutting system, a three-dimensional 3 kW fiber laser tube cutting machine that provides excellent flexibility and user-friendliness for extremely precise laser cutting on a variety of materials for tube diameters up to 9.5 in. This system is also ideal for cutting highly reflective materials such as brass, copper and aluminum and can process round, square, rectangle, flat oval and D-shaped tubes, as well as open profiles such as C- and U-shaped channel bar.

The unit is equipped with the new, exclusive ‘Tube Cutter’ 3D cutting head that is more compact and lightweight, making it ideal for a variety of tube cutting applications, including tilt cutting of thick-walled steel. It is capable of making tilt cuts with greater accuracy and quality in tubes and in open profiles and contours. The system is available in multiple load and unload configurations, including an automatic bundle loader, automatic step loader and/or a manual single bar loader. Complex operations, such as nesting multiple part numbers on the same bar and changing to different profiles, are managed automatically.

The LT8.10 incorporates a variety of advanced functions, including Active Marking for part marking and tracking; Active Piercing to increase piercing speed for productivity; Active Scan to deal with material variation; Active Speed to sustain quality across all cutting conditions and Active Focus, a technology that adjusts beam focal position. Each function is instrumental in the productivity and ease-of-use of the machine.

The machine takes full advantage of BLMelements, a proprietary suite of tube processing software that is a set of tools for designing parts, estimating production times, creating part programs, planning production and, if need be, integrating with other of their machines. The software allows remote machine monitoring and collecting operating statistics, and receives real-time notifications of events that may require attention.

BLM Group USA, 29380 Beck Road, Wixom, MI 48393, 248-560-0080, [email protected], www.blmgroup.com.