As the manufacturing industry evolves, metal tube processing equipment remains a critical component in industrial production. However, traditional metal tube processing equipment, such as, milling machine, lathe, punching machine, hydraulic press, bench-work tool, has several pain points that may hinder work efficiency and product quality.
The advent of optical fiber laser tube cutting machines exactly offer effective solutions to these challenges. This article will explore 10 pain points of traditional metal tube processing equipment that are effectively addressed by optical fiber laser tube cutting machines.
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Slow Cutting Speed
Cutting speed of traditional equipment is relatively slow, particularly when cutting thick-walled metal tubes, leading to low efficiency. Laser tube cutting machines adopt high-energy laser beams to cut metal tubes at faster speed, greatly improving your work efficiency.
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Insufficient Precision
Traditional metal tube processing equipment often struggles with cutting precision, mainly because of its inherent technological limitations. Laser tube cutting machines, with high-precision laser beams, can achieve extremely accurate cuts and meet the demands for high cutting precision in intricate components.
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Material Waste
While cutting complex-shaped tubes, traditional metal tube processing equipment often gives rise to heavy material waste. As for laser tube cutting machines, less wastes and low production costs are needed because of their high precision and programmability. For example, two-chuck tube cutting machines can cut tubes with much shorter tailing. Three- or four-chuck machines are able to realize 0 tailing.
Large Heat-affected Zones
Conventional cutting methods, such as plasma or oxygen-fuel cutting, usually come with large heat-affected zones, which may result in tube deformation. However, laser tube cutting machines have a minimal heat-affected zone, so as to preserve the original properties and reduce the risk of deformation.
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Complex Operation
Operating traditional metal tube processing equipment usually requires well-skilled workers and involves complicated crafts. In general, laser tube cutting machines are equipped with automatic CNC system, making them user-friendly and easy to operate even for green hands, in further reducing heavy dependency on manual work.
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Limited Processing Range
Traditional equipment typically requires multiple machines to process tubes of different shapes and sizes, complicating the production line. Laser tube cutting machines can flexibly handle various shapes and sizes of tubes, offering high adaptability and reducing equipment investment. In addition to round, square and other conventional tubes, optical fiber laser tube cutting machines can also cut various special-shaped tubes like rectangular, oval tube, I beam, as well as channel, angle, C-shaped and H-shaped steel.
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Rough Cutting Surface
Conventional cutting methods often leave rough cutting surface that requires additional grinding. In comparison, laser tube cutting machines can allow for smooth cuts without burr nor need for post-processing. For some optical fiber laser tube cutting machines, mirror-like surface cutting is made available to cut carbon steel with very smooth surface, just like mirror face.
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High Maintenance Costs
Traditional metal tube processing equipment tends to need high maintenance costs, particularly caused by recurrent mechanical abrasion and tear. But, laser tube cutting machines, with their contact-less cutting mode, is accompanied by minimal mechanical wear, resulting in lower maintenance costs and longer lifespan.
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Noise Pollution
Traditional metal tube processing equipment typically generates significant noise pollution and creates an unfavorable work environment. For laser tube cutting machines, its work has minimal noise and can provide a quieter, more pleasant work environment for users.
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Poor Environmental Performance
Traditional cutting methods, such as oxygen-fuel cutting, often produce a large amount of waste gases, in other words, heavy environmental pollution. Laser tube cutting machines use fiber laser technology which has no waste gases, aligning with modern environmental production standards.
In conclusion, optical fiber laser tube cutting machines offer numerous advantages, such as high precision, fast cutting speeds, low maintenance costs and environmental friendliness, addressing the pain points of traditional metal tube processing equipment. As technology develops, laser tube cutting machines are poised to play an increasingly vital role across various industries, such as, rail transit, automobile production, construction machinery, agricultural & forestry machinery, engineering, heavy industry.
