At Kcut, as well as our suite of waterjet cutters, we have recently installed a state of the art Trumpf LY2500 laser cutter for stainless sheet steel up to 2 mm thick & mild steel up to 6 mm. The use of YAG laser for cutting of sheet steel is a relatively new technology, requiring lasers that can be run continuously at high power with beams that are fed through a fibre optic cable. The laser cutting technology is especially suitable for the production of finished parts where high quality edge cuts are important. The process is also very much quicker than waterjet.
We can cut virtually any design in a variety of materials. Cut quality is consistent using a high-pressure cutting head producing exceptionally clean cuts and offering our customers a fast turn around. We can hold tight positioning and repeatability tolerances, offer nesting capabilities and consulting services to lower costs, provide small kerfs and heat affected zones, and deliver the part repeatability users of high quality laser-cutting services require.
Our Trumpf laser has an integrated CAD/CAM software system called ToPs, this is a programming system for simple and complex geometry and it can process whole sheets fully automatically.
- Our state of the art laser technology, provides you with the highest quality parts due to our ability to cut at some of the industry’s highest speeds.
- Production of finished parts with high quality edge cuts.
- Use of CAD software optimises the job from a full sheet reducing potential waste.
- Laser cutting is much faster than other forms of cutting technology.
- A laser is financially more competitive to run than some other cutting methods.