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What are the features of fiber laser cutting machine?
How does fiber laser cutting machine work?
What is the future trend of fiber laser cutting machine?
The fiber laser cutting machine is much quicker when cutting thin metals. However, CO₂ laser cutting machine has better edge quality when cutting thicker materials.
The most valuable feature of fiber laser cutting machine is the price. The cost represents massive savings, both in initial purchase and during the lifetime. It doesn't require expensive optical mirrors.
The maintenance costs are a big selling point. There are fewer moving parts and fewer adjustments to make, resulting in lower downtimes due to maintenance. Parts lead to more maintenance and increasing costs. As light pulses are sent by the fiber cabling, fiber laser cutting machine does not require moving mirrors to generate the laser.
Using fiber laser cutting machine can increase cutting speed. When cutting a straight line of 1mm, the cutting speed of it is three times faster than that of others.
There is the chance a laser may bounce off the reflective material to damage the equipment. Traditional laser cutting machines are not often used when cutting brass, aluminum and copper. With fiber laser cutting machine, the reflective material problem is no longer an issue, which in turn allows for the cutting of these materials.
The first fiber laser cutting machine was introduced in 2008 at EuroBlech. The conveying methods of different laser beams allow to cut highly reflective metals, like aluminum, brass, copper and galvanized steel.
Fiber laser cutting machine is simpler and more durable. The fiber laser light is created by banks of diodes. Then, it goes through optic cables to get amplified. Because the cables are mixed with rare elements, such as erbium and thulium, which are adopted to amplify the light. The lens focuses the light to form a laser beam ready for cutting. It does not need any gases, no mirror realignments, and no warming up.
Fiber laser cutting machine uses an optical fiber cable made of silica glass to guide light. The laser beam is more precise than other types due to its straighter line and smaller space.
Fiber laser cutting machine has a bright future. Fiber has set eyes on replacing CO₂ to be the leader in the industry. Although the majority of the market is still in the grasp of CO₂ laser cutting machine, fiber laser cutting machine is catching up.
The demand for laser cutting machine is often accompanied by the development of China's sheet metal processing industry. China has become the largest consumer of sheet metal processing.
At present, most are plasma cutting machines, which have problems in processing speed. Therefore, efficiency and accuracy have become the main obstacles. The introduction of fiber laser cutting machine can greatly improve the efficiency of sheet metal processing and the cutting accuracy, together with reducing the waste of processing raw materials. The operating system and interface are in line with ergonomic requirements to effectively reduce the error rate and accidents
It is now the third generation, which will still occupy a leading position in sheet metal processing in the next 20 years.
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The different shapes of the press brake can be used to bend various shapes of workpieces. If equipped with corresponding process equipment, press brake can also be used for punching, punching, corrugation, and shallow stretching.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of press brake?
What are the functions of press brake?
What are the uses of press brake?
The operation of press brake is so convenient that the working process is easy to master.
Press brakes are extremely intelligent that incorporates a panel allowing various bending data to be entered, stored and displayed in sequence. The display allows the user to troubleshoot error messages and safety risks.
Machine tool as one of the core components of the press brake is so solid that it is not easily deformed. That’s because the press brake has undergone a rigorous process to improve the quality.
When the press brake is working, the oil cylinders at both ends of the press brake are placed on the slider, which directly drives the sliding work.
Press brake is cheap, which is highly cost effective, adapted to meet different needs.
There are still drawbacks to the use of press brake. It is common that many manufacturers encounter defects phenomenon because the small radius bending process determines the thinning of the outer wall of the arc. It is recommended to use press brake with boosting devices to offset some resistance of the bending and improve the stress distribution.
Press brake is a kind of bending equipment that can also do jack. Press brakes are mainly used in the application of electric power construction, public railway construction, bridges, ships and other aspects.
Press brake is a machine that is used for bending sheet and plate material. The most common metal used is the sheet metal. Providers in this segment must have a great team of professionals so that they can offer you a broad assortment of press brake.
Press brake and shearing machines are common sheet metal cutting equipment.
Press brake is widely used in industrial sectors such as electrical appliances, electronics, containers, metal structures, instruments, household hardware, building materials, etc.
In the decoration industry, press brakes are widely used, together with shearing machines, to complete the production of stainless-steel plates, doors and windows, and the decoration of some special places.
In the electrical and power industry, the shearing machine cuts the plate into different sizes and then process again by the press brake. Computer cases, electrical cabinets, refrigerators and air-conditioning shells are all made in this way.
In the kitchen and catering industry, stainless-steel kitchen utensils of various varieties and specifications are then processed in secondary processing, such as welding, bending.
In the wind power industry, press brakes are used to bend wind power poles, road light poles, communication tower poles, traffic light poles, traffic signal poles, and monitoring poles.
In the automobile and ship industry, large-scale press brakes are generally adopted to complete the work of the plate.
In the aerospace industry, high precision is required by high-precision press brakes, which is accurate and efficient.
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LZK independently researches and develops a variety of high-power fiber laser cutting machines with fast speed, good effect, no burrs and slag. There are a variety of power options to meet the different needs of production. A fiber laser cutting machine has greater functionality.
What is the difference between fiber laser cutting machine and YAG laser cutting machine?
What is the difference between CO₂ laser cutting machine and fiber laser cutting machine?
What are the cutting advantages of fiber laser cutting machine?
The technology of fiber laser cutting machine is higher than that of YAG laser cutting machine that the cutting quality is good and the efficiency is high. But the price is much higher than YAG's.
YAG laser cutting machine has low cost and can cut highly reflective materials, such as aluminum, copper and other non-ferrous metal materials that cannot be cut by fiber laser cutting machines. However, YAG laser cutting machine is a low-power laser cutting machine, which can only cut sheet materials below 8mm. The fiber laser cutting machine can achieve very high power in a very small package.
The resonant cavity of the fiber laser cutting machine has no optical lens so that it does not need any adjustment or maintenance.
The cutting speed of the fiber laser cutting machine is 4 to 5 times faster than that of YAG laser cutting machine. Therefore, it is available for mass production.
The photoelectric conversion efficiency of the fiber laser cutting machine is about 10 times higher than that of YAG laser cutting machine.
Fiber laser cutting machines have gradually replaced CO₂ laser cutting machines and traditional processing methods.
CO₂ laser cutting machine generates the laser beam, which is transmitted through the reflector. However, fiber laser cutting machines are transmitted through diodes and fiber optic cables.
The appearance of fiber laser cutting machine is more compact due to the different laser transmission structure, thereby saving workshop space.
Due to complete solid-state digital module and single design, fiber laser cutting machine has higher electro-optical conversion efficiency. The actual utilization rate of each power supply unit of CO₂ laser cutting machine is about 8% to 10%, while fiber laser cutting machine is about 25% to 30%. It increases the energy efficiency to more than 86%.
Fiber laser cutting machine has the characteristics of short wavelength, which improves the absorption of the cutting material to the beam. It enables to cut materials like brass, copper and non-conductive materials.
Due to the purity of the CO₂ gas, the resonant cavity of the CO₂ laser cutting machine will be polluted and needs to be cleaned regularly. The reflect mirror needs to be maintained and calibrated. Fiber laser cutting machine is environmental-friendly.
The positioning accuracy of the fiber laser cutting machine is 0.05mm and the repeat position is 0.03mm.
The fiber laser cutting machine has a narrow slit. The laser beam is focused into a small spot so that it can reach a high-power density.
The cutting surface of the fiber laser cutting machine is smooth that there are no burrs.
The cutting speed can reach 10m per min, which is much faster than others.
The fiber laser cutting machine has good cutting quality. The cutting edge is little affected by heat without thermal deformation of the workpiece. The collapse of the material formed during punching and shearing is completely avoided.
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LZK has introduced Ulti-Form, a new robotic bending system with an automatic tool changer bender. Ulti-Form follows the success of LZK's Dyna-Cell robotic bending cell and takes automated bending technology a step further by incorporating an automatic tool changer to keep bending productivity at the highest level, efficiently handling small batches and long production runs with minimal changeover time. Ulti-Form achieves high productivity bending through unattended operation.
Tool Cell Inspired Design
Ulti-Form's 135-ton bending machine is designed on the ToolCell platform, LZK's most acclaimed automatic tool change bending machine, and is integrated with industrial robots. The bending machine has a built-in tool warehouse and uses a clamping mechanism in the machine's rear stopper fingers to change tools quickly and efficiently. The bending machine and robot work in tandem to minimize changeover time. The bender completes the tool change when the robot picks up the first part from the input stack and centers it. Ulti-Form can handle parts from 50 x 100 mm to 1200 x 800 mm and weigh up to 25 kg.
No Robotics Instruction
Thanks to LZK's powerful programming wizard, Ulti-Form is an easy-to-use automation with a fast "art-to-part" process. Both bending machine and robot programming are handled offline, with no robot tutorials required. CADMAN®-B software automatically calculates the optimal bending program. The robot software imports all bending data and automatically calculates all fixture positions, taking into account fixture forces, collision detection and robot accessibility. It generates the fastest collision-free path for the robot throughout the bending operation. The system's database contains all the setup information needed for the bending machine and robot so Ulti-Form is quickly ready for production.
Adaptive Gripper
The Ulti-Form robot gripper is an adaptive design designed by LZK (patent pending). It has the flexibility to adapt to multiple part geometries and automatically adjusts to the size of the part. This allows a range of different part geometries to be handled without the need to change grippers, thus keeping production continuous and uninterrupted.
Quality Assurance
Ulti-Form is equipped with LZK's Easy-Form® Laser Adaptive Bending System, which provides automation with quality assurance. Real-time in-line adaptive bending technology adds advanced process stability to robotic bending machine bending. The Easy-Form laser system adapts to material variations, including sheet thickness, strain hardening and grain direction, automatically compensating for any changes to ensure consistently accurate bending results.
Automation Today
Ulti-Form is a modern, automated bending system. Its efficiently organized layout has a footprint of only 8 x 10 meters. The system includes three input pallets, a large output area and small part placement area, an automatic pallet dispenser and transfer system for transferring complete pallets out of the system.
Ulti-Form is designed for flexibility and can be run automatically or in manual mode. Manual operation can be used for very complex parts and small batches; automated production of long series.
Ulti-Form is flexible, efficient and easy to program and operate, providing a fast return on investment.