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Plasma cutting up to 100mm
AS A long-established manufacturer of
plasma cutting techniques, Kjellberg
offers plasma and laser cutting
equipment for a wide range of tasks
in automated, mechanised or manual
cutting.
Following the launch of the plasma
systems Smart Focus 130, 200 and
300 in 2014, Kjellberg has added a new
model to the series: the Smart Focus
400, with a maximum cutting current
of 400A for material thicknesses up to
100mm, expands the application areas
of the plasma series.
When cutting electrically conductive
materials, the Smart Focus 400
achieves precise cuts and high cutting
speeds, while keeping the costs per
cutting metre low. The results are sharp
cut edges and smooth cut surfaces, fine
markings and low angular deviations.
With the Contour Cut technology for
cutting mild steel, the user cuts fine
contours and small holes with a material
thickness to diameter ratio of 1:1. For
cutting larger contours, the further
technological development Contour
Cut Speed is used. With equivalent cut
quality, the cutting speed is increased by
50 per cent.
Kjellberg’s foremost objective when
planning the new system was meeting
the requirements of customers in all
application areas, eg 2D plasma cutting,
bevel cutting up to 50° or underwater
plasma cutting. The user-friendly system
achieves results with only a few settings,
even under challenging conditions.
Kjellberg Vertrieb GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 3531 500 229
Email:
Website: Smart Focus 400
Laser cutting solutions
HORN Machine Tools, Inc (HMT), a
manufacturer and distributor of CNC
tube bending machinery, offers both flat
sheet and tube laser cutting machines.
The machines utilise efficient fibre
laser technology and are configured
in four different models, which can
be customised to fit customers’
requirements.
The fibre laser power source is from
IPG Photonics, the laser cutting head is
from Precitec, the servo motor system is
from Yaskawa and the control system is
from Power Automation. The machines
utilise Lantek software to facilitate
programming and nesting functions. All
the major components have worldwide
support and are readily available.
According to company president Kent
Horn, “The market has been seeking
a lower cost solution for laser cutting
for some time now. Until recently this
valuable manufacturing process has
been out of reach for many fabricators
because they can’t justify the high cost.
We can now provide both a high quality
CNC tube bender and laser cutter, for
much less than the laser would cost
from other sources.”
HMT will be exhibiting an automatic
style tube laser at Fabtech Expo, 16-18
November, in Las Vegas, USA, along
with two all-electric CNC tube benders.
Show attendees are invited to view how
the company is innovating laser tube
cutting and bending technologies.
The high production, fully automatic
tube laser model FLTA, which will be
showcased at Fabtech Expo, loads the
tube into the cutting area and processes
the cut parts without assistance from
the operator.
For entry-level buyers there is a semi-
automatic machine that has the same
cutting capability, but the operator
provides minimal assistance to position
the tube into the tube chuck. Both
machines have an unloading table to
handle the cut tubes being discharged
from the machine.
The flat sheet cutters are configured
in two formats: the FLSA model is a
conventional 5ft x 10ft flat sheet laser
cutter with a double exchange sheet
handling system; and the FLTS model is
a combination machine that combines
a 5ft x 10ft flat sheet cutter with a tube
spindle for processing tubular shapes.
The combination machine is of interest
to fabricators who have both flat sheet
and tube cutting requirements, but do
not have the volume to justify buying
two separate machines.
Horn Machine Tools, Inc – USA
Fax: +1 559 431 4431
Email:
Website: Tube laser technology from HMT
Plasma
cutting with
the Smart
Focus