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Innovative FL300 tube laser installed in UK
AN innovative new generation FL300
tube laser, which is the first of its kind
in the UK, has been manufactured
and installed by TTM Laser at Premier
Lasertube.
The purchase of the new laser opens
upanumber of excitingnewopportunities
for Premier Lasertube’s customers as
the Leeds-based company can now
create innovative, highly accurate and
repeatable products and solutions at its
laser processing services in the UK. The
new laser also has the flexibility to be
able to adapt in just a few minutes from
cutting mild steel to stainless steel.
With a cutting range from 12 to 305mm
dia for circles, and from 12 to 250mm for
square and rectangular tubes as well as
a wide range of open sections including
angles, the possibilities are almost
endless.
In addition, Premier Lasertube has
benefited from bespoke CAD and CAM
software that allows it to draw and design
in 3D, ensuring that the products match
its customers’ exact requirements, no
matter how demanding. Combined
with the additional benefit of product
continuity the company can now ensure
that each product it produces is 100 per
cent identical.
With an extensive stock range at its
disposal including advanced prototypes,
special one-off items and the potential
to undertake full product re-designs,
customers can now have their products
designed and on the market extremely
quickly.
FL300 is a laser tube cutting machine
with 3D or 2D cutting head that allows
three-dimensional machining of pipes
and profiles in a diameter range of
20-305mm, squares between 20
and 250mm, angles to 200x200mm
maximum and channels to 230x90mm
maximum.
Automated bundle loading from
the rear, or single bar from the front,
via multi-point chain system with a
maximum length 12.5mwith a bar weight
of 60kg/m maximum is achievable.
The materials are supported through
the cutting process by three mandrels
to multi-preset ejection points to a
maximum finished part length of 12m.
The LT8 is a 3D laser cutting machine
producing high quality
and extremely precise
laser cut parts.
Tube diameters
from 12 to 220mm
and a bar weight up to
35kg/m, and squares to
200mm and channels
to 180x75mm are pos-
sible. Both automated
bundle and single bar
loading to a maximum length of 8.5m
produce a finished part of up to 6m
maximum.
Premier Lasertube is an established
steel stockholding, processing and laser
cutting service provider supported by
its long-established parent company
Brown and Tawse.
Having recently invested in new
facilities and machinery, Premier
Lasertube now offers the services of
three tube laser machines along with
sawing, drilling and tapping capability.
All of its services are provided in-house
from its dedicated 60,000ft2 warehouse
facility located in Leeds, West Yorkshire,
adjacent to motorway networks and
ideally suited for nationwide distribution.
Its clients also benefit from a large range
of steel products, complemented by
immediate access to group stock and
cutting facilities.
It is also committed and able to offer
advantageous lead times, through the
development of key partnerships with
both suppliers and customers.
TTM Laser is an Italian company
specialising in the design and production
of laser machines and plants for the
cutting and welding of tubes and metal
sheets.
Premier Lasertube – UK
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Made in Steel 2017 dates confirmed
THE dates have been set for the
seventh edition of Made in Steel. The
biannual meeting point for the global
steel industry will be held from 17 to 19
May 2017 at the Fiera Milano Exhibition
Centre, Milan, Italy, which will host the
conference and exhibition dedicated to
the entire international steel chain.
“Made in Steel is a well-known and
consolidated industrial-political and
marketing instrument for the steel indus-
try,” stated Emanuele Morandi, CEO of
the event’s organiser, Siderweb. “The
title of the 2017 edition of the event is
‘Stronger Together’ – a reference to the
importance of working synergistically
and revising the system for the future
of all enterprises operating in the steel
industry.”
With 40,886 million tons produced
in the first three months of 2016, the
European steel industry holds second
place as world producer, behind the
Asian continent, which in the first
quarter produced 68.3 per cent of the
world total.
Within Europe, Italy is the second
most productive country behind
Germany, with 5,768 million tons
produced in the period January-March
2016 (source World Steel Association).
For the 2017 edition of Made in Steel,
alongside the showcase of the main
international players in production,
manufacturing, trade and end users
of steel, the event will present an
opportunity for analysis of the economic
situation, touching on topics of major
interest, and will give insight into the
future prospects of the European steel
industry.
Made in Steel Srl – Italy
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