Tube Lasers Near Me
Take a glimpse into our StarCut Tube lab and production area and find out more about these fully-automated, multi-axis CNC machines for tubes and flat materials, including medical devices such as catheter shafts, stents, hypotubes, PTCA devices, TAVR, etc.
Secondary operations can be eliminated: A tube laser can easily cut a piece of material to the desired length, add holes or other cutout designs in one step. This eliminates the need for manual material removal. This allows you to maintain tight tolerances for more complicated fabrications. You can make parts from one continuous piece. This allows you to ensure they fit in one direction and is easy to assemble. Tube laser aluminum, carbon and stainless steel can all be tubed.
Profiles and tubes are widely used in all areas of engineering, from system construction to furniture manufacturing. The lasers have opened up new design possibilities. More and more designers are taking advantage the advantages of laser-cut profiles and tubes, thereby increasing their demand. Explore all the options for laser tube cutting, and learn more about TruLaser Tube machines.
Many believed that fiber lasers were only suitable for thin materials. Because of its longer wavelength, CO2 created enough kerf to allow for material removal. The fiber laser could not produce the same results or kerf with thicker materials. This problem has been solved by collimating technology, which can create a wider fiber laser-generated beam. This allows for materials separation and more room to remove thicker materials. The machine can switch between the beam widths, so it can process thinner materials with the narrower beam. This allows for faster processing of different-sized materials using the same fiber laser cutting machine.
Imagine you are required to place a throughhole in a tube. The tube must be centered at the correct dimension. The tube should not be bent. That's tube fabrication.
StarCut Tube SL combines an fs-laser to create complex metal shapes.
Tube laser cutting offers the best solution for wide-ranging work. Tubes upto O 9.45 inches (240 mm).3D cutting modeCO2 and fiber laser
StarFiber Series combine compact fiber lasers with optional focusing heads for laser welding or cutting, including SmartWeld™ technology for fine and wide welds.
A job shop is only as diverse as the parts it produces. The same applies to those who operate a tube laser. Parts of different sizes can be found in one tube. Laser-cut parts as small as 2 inches must be unloaded by the machine. Each one can be as long as 15 feet. You must also be able unload the parts without damaging them. This can be difficult with soft metals like aluminum.
StarCut Tube L 600 may be purchased with either a fiber, USP or both lasers. StarCut Tube SL Compact Model has the smallest footprint.
Fiber solutions for large diameter tubes or profiles Tubes up O14 (355mm)3D-cutting modeFiber laser
When you look closely at a fiber-laser in operation, some things may not be as obvious. A fiber laser's beam diameter is one-third larger than that of a co2 beam. This allows it to have a higher power density. This allows the fiber not only to cut faster but also to pierce much faster. The fiber's smaller beam size allows it to cut intricate shapes, and leave sharp edges. Imagine cutting the logo of your company from a tube where the spacing between the letters is 0.035inches. A fiber can achieve that cut while a laser with CO2 cannot.
Laser fabrication solutions that meet your exact needs are available. They also offer process efficiency and quality for metal and non-metal fabrication.
The StarFeed is an automated loader/unloader for the StarCut Tube laser cutting machine and is available in sizes S and L. This combination allows fully automated dry or wet cutting of tubes from 1-20 mm diameter. The StarFeed L stores up to 48 tubes and even allows the processing of oval tubes. Its sensor-controlled gripping unit avoids damage. The end result is a big increase in productivity.