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Tube & Pipe Fabrication

Sawing, cutting and deburring, bending, notching, slotting, piercing, drilling, welding or other fabrication of tube and pipe lengths to produce individual parts meeting desired specifications used for assembly. Common types of machinery used to perform these operations range from manual and semi-automated tube benders, end formers, tube notchers and tube cutters to fully automated laser tube cutting systems that complete multiple fabrication steps in one machine.

Tube & Pipe Fabrication: Articles

Machining: Optimize the Solutions

Integration of AI Makes Machines Easier to Use, GF Machining Solutions, palletized systems, high-mix/low-volume applications, high-speed milling machines, Christian Meekma

Discover what’s next for machine tools. It may be just the time to update your shop’s metal removal technologies and processes.

Discover what’s next for machine tools. It may be just the time...

Ultra-High-Power Lasers Tackle Ultra Heavy Plate

Ultra-High-Power Lasers Tackle Ultra Heavy Plate , Tom Bailey, TRUMPF Inc., CO2-based laser sources, 7 kilowatts, 8 kilowatts, CO2 laser technology, solid-state lasers, gas lasers, 20,000 watts of output power, 10,000 watts, 12,000 watts, fusion-cut greater thicknesses of mild steel, dominant laser source technology, 1-micron wavelength solid-state lasers

With more than 20 kilowatts of power available, cutting thickness limits can be pushed to as thick as 2”, allowing fabricators to bring the speed, precision and cutting quality of the laser to a new range of parts and products.

With more than 20 kilowatts of power available, cutting thickness limits can...

Mazak Optonics Invites Fabricators to Discover More

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MAZATROL SmoothLx, Mazak Automated Storage/Retrieval System, L-Series, C-Series, Laser Flex, Mazak Group, Yamazaki Mazak Corp., Mazak’s North American Laser Technology Center in Elgin Ill, FG-400 NEO 3D, Flexible Manufacturing System, OPTIPLEX 3015 NEO, fiber laser-cutting machine, Al Bohlen, CO2 laser cutting systems, beam shaping technology, advanced laser-cutting solutions, automation systems, Mazak Optonics, 15 kW, 10 kW, 7 kW, 4 kW, fiber laser cutting systems, Flexible Manufacturing System, laser cutting system

Variable beam shaping fiber laser technology, and the redesign of automation solutions to better handle part sorting are among the advances that position Mazak Optonics for the future.

Variable beam shaping fiber laser technology, and the redesign of automation solutions...
Tube & Pipe Fabrication: Products

BLM GROUP Introduces New LT12 to Round Out its Lasertube Offering

LT12, BLM Group, lasertube, heavy tubes, profiles, 3D cutting head, tube deformations

The LT12 can cut light and heavy tubes and profiles up to 305 mm in diameter, while providing flexibility, high performance and speed — 55% less cutting time than other machines capable of the same maximum diameter.

The LT12 can cut light and heavy tubes and profiles up to...
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