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A High Fiber Diet

Fiber laser cutting systems are sweeping through metal fabrication shops because they are faster, more consistent, more cost effective, and more competitive.

Posted: January 7, 2016

The Optiplex Fiber II 6 kW fiber laser cutting system from Mazak Optonics offers superior edge quality, more stable cut performance and greater throughput for processing stainless steel, copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, hastelloy, inconel, titanium, thin gage mild steel, and other exotic metals. There is no need for additional surface cleaning when painting mild steel cut with nitrogen.

Fabricators feed off a diet of faster, more consistent and more cost effective technology to stay competitive. This diet is currently high in fiber laser cutting applications that offer higher productivity over CO2 lasers for cutting metal that is 1/4 in thick or less. Fiber costs less to operate because it is more energy efficient. It has no maintenance requirements because there are no moving parts or mirrors. Fiber power fluctuates less while cutting for better overall stability. And though cutting thicker material was difficult in the past for the small high-density fiber laser beam, that limit is being erased with the advent of higher power lasers and how the laser cutting process is paced with nozzle automation and material handling automation.

Take a look at this menu of new fiber laser cutting systems and accessories to see if a new diet could help your shop become faster, more consistent, more cost effective, and more competitive:

Cutting Edge Cutting Systems
The new fiber technology and higher wattages on these laser cutting machines from Mazak Optonics deliver similar cut ranges to CO2 laser cutting but at significantly lower operating costs for applicable material thicknesses and types.

Dynamic Cutting Capabilities
These laser cutting systems from LVD Strippit unite cost efficient and dynamic laser cutting together with laser automation possibilities.

Cutting One Inch Thick Plates
This 6 kW Mitsubishi machine from MC Machinery Systems features new ZOOM Head Technology built into the magnetic head to provide faster processing and the capability to pierce one-inch thick plates.

Power and Performance for All Fabricators
These fiber laser cutting systems from TRUMPF offer flexible and economic laser processing across a variety of materials and thicknesses.

Advanced Cutting Technology
The 5 kW Platino Fiber laser from Prima Power delivers piercing time reductions of up to 90 percent, near-zero lens setup times and cutting speeds of up to 5 m/min on stainless steel.

Extremely Low Absorption One Micron Optics for Fiber Lasers
Fiberlens innovative collimating lenses, focusing lenses and protective windows from Ophir Optics are ideal for use with high-power fiber lasers.

Innovative Cutting at an Affordable Price
These fiber laser cutting systems from Bystronic offer outstanding cut quality on thin to medium thick steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper and brass sheets.

Sapphire Fiber Laser Windows Provide 1/4 Wave Transmitted Wavefront
These sapphire cover glass windows from Laser Research Optics for 4 kW and larger industrial cutting lasers prevent contamination of the fiber lens from debris and feature Moh 9 hardness that is second only to diamond.