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BLM Group USA has announced that its LT5 Lasertube can now be ordered with 2kW fiber laser capability for faster processing speeds. This entry level automated laser tube cutter is suitable for small to medium-sized round tube applications up to 120 mm (4.75-in.) in diameter and can process mild steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass and galvanized materials. The machine is capable of producing complex end cuts and features in tubes or used simply as a “laser sawing machine” to produce straight cuts in a cost-effective manner. As compared to sawing, the laser reduces material waste given its narrow cut width (kerf) of only a few tenths of a millimeter.
The LT5 is a compact machine designed for continuous production of small diameter and thin wall tubes featuring automated tube handling from bar loader to piece unloader. Its high production cutting rates are complemented by the ability to send different parts to multiple unloading positions: front, rear and onto a specific metal belted conveyor designed for short parts. This eliminates the need to separate the parts discharged to a single container by hand. And it speeds up the collection of completed parts which is an advantage to the overall production efficiency.
In addition to round tubes, the LT5 can cut square tube stock up to 100mm in diameter as well as rectangles, ovals and elliptical semi-flat/full up to 120 mm x70 mm.
Equipped with BLM’s Artube 3D CAD/CAM software, users can move from a design idea to a part in one click—simply by entering tube dimensions to desired cuts to go straight to production. The software can also design a more complex frame through clear, 3D graphics or users can import other CAD programs and send everything needed to start production to the machine immediately, without errors.
Related Glossary Terms
- computer-aided design ( CAD)
computer-aided design ( CAD)
Product-design functions performed with the help of computers and special software.
- sawing
sawing
Machining operation in which a powered machine, usually equipped with a blade having milled or ground teeth, is used to part material (cutoff) or give it a new shape (contour bandsawing, band machining). Four basic types of sawing operations are: hacksawing (power or manual operation in which the blade moves back and forth through the work, cutting on one of the strokes); cold or circular sawing (a rotating, circular, toothed blade parts the material much as a workshop table saw or radial-arm saw cuts wood); bandsawing (a flexible, toothed blade rides on wheels under tension and is guided through the work); and abrasive sawing (abrasive points attached to a fiber or metal backing part stock, could be considered a grinding operation).
