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J

anuary

2013

15

Further investment

at laser cutting plants

BARRETT Steel is offering customers

new standards of tube manipulation

and processing potential by making

further investments at its Lasertube

facilities. A LT14 (mini Jumbo) tube

laser, the first in the UK, has been

installed at the Scunthorpe plant,

while a BLM Elect 150 tube bending

machine, which offers variable and

fixed radii bending in one machine, was

due for delivery and commissioning at

the West Midlands depot late in 2012.

Together they represent an investment

of £1.6mn.

Recent tube laser investments at

Lasertube, which include two LT8

tube lasers and an LT20 (Jumbo)

tube laser, bring total investment at

the plant to £3mn over the past four

years. David Cleaver, sales manager

of Lasertube Cutting, part of Barrett

Steel’s tubes division, commented,

“These investments open up a wealth

of opportunities for our customers,

not just in the extra operations and

capacity they provide, but also in

the speed of response we can offer.

They also increase our capabilities for

newer and growing requirements in

the offshore wind turbine industry and

other renewable energy markets where

high volumes are required, often to

tight deadlines.

“Crucially, these computer controlled

operations allow us to guarantee

repeatability in terms of accuracy,

tolerances and finish. These enhanced

strengths also mean that customers can

now order stock and tube bending or

cutting from one source.”

The BLM Elect is typically used by

manufacturers of construction machines,

agricultural

machinery,

industrial

vehicles, ships, railway equipment, and

automotive and motorcycle products

because of its ability to deliver precise,

high quality bending of medium to large

tubes into complex multi-shaped tubular

components. It is particularly suited

to applications with little or no straight

between bends or where tight radius

bends are required.

The LT14 can be used to cut round,

square or rectangular tubes, open

profiles, H-beams or IPE, and special

profiles. Typical areas of use for the

LT14 include agricultural equipment,

heavy construction equipment, the

ship building, oil, mining and conveying

industries, crane lifts and for bracings

in buildings.

Stainless

steel

products

that

benefit from laser tube cutting include

architectural handrailing, racking systems

for shop fitting, architectural feature work,

security and architectural fencing, lighting

columns and office furniture. Key benefits

for the customer lie in the LT14’s ability to

carry out complex cutting procedures; for

example, angles and V-shapes in both

closed and open section tubes can be

carried out in a single pass.

Barrett Steel

– UK

Email:

sales@barrettsteel.com

Website:

www.barrettsteel.com