What Every Job Shop Should Know When Working With Lasers
June/July 2012
Laser Cutting
The State of Plasma with Evan Smith
Smith sees plasma systems being increasingly networked through the cloud in the future. In building those customer relationships, I think producers and partners will need to go beyond the equipment or system performance itself and increasingly look at the total value stream and product lifecycle for the customer, in order to gain an understanding of… Continued
Flying Optics Laser Helps Iowa Shop Soar
May 2013
Choosing a CNC Plasma Cutting Machine
An IPG fiber laser is mounted to a robot for welding automotive parts.
Reducing Costs for Nitrogen Assist Gas
April 2012
Laser Tube Cutting – Two For One
Here are two approaches to laser-cutting tubes – as a secondary operation on machines that are built to do something else Amada’s workhorse CO2 laser makes a fine tube- and structural-shape cutter, with the addition of a tube-handling unit.
Retrofitting a Laser
April 2012
Lasers for complex, advanced car body parts
Lasers are a natural fit for the latest generation of tailored blanks, hot-stamped parts, and safety-oriented designs of car bodies and structures.
A Passion For Products
May/June, 2011
Lasers Offer a Real Alternative to High-volume Blanking
With the addition of coil feeding, laser cutting takes a strong shot at a bastion of hard-tooled blanking: cutting automotive body-panel blanks from advanced high-strength steels.
