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Tubeworking: bending, cutting-off, profiling and end working
News Release from: BLM-Group UK | Subject: Lasertube LT652 laser cutting machines
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 July 2002
Complex tube shapes profiled and
machined in one
Laser cutting machines enable any tube profile, however complex, to be profiled either on the end of a tube or along its length and ancillary machining operations can be included.
Laser cutting machines enable any tube profile, however complex, to be profiled either on the end of a tube or along its length and ancillary machining operations can be included Ideally suited to the laser working of most shapes, the BLM-Adige Lasertube LT652 profiles round, square, rectangular, oval and flat-sided oval tubes up to 130mm diameter (round tube) and 120mm X 70mm or 130mm X 60mm (rectangular)
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Advanced laser tube cutting machine consolidates as many as six manual operations such as sawing, punching, drilling and deburring into a single continuous cutting process.
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CNC tube bending machine can combine conventional and variable radius bending in the same automatic cycle so it is particularly suited to producing the complex components.
Length of tube can vary between 3.2 and 6.5m.
With the LT652, multiple machining operations, including drilling, sawing, milling, punching, pressing and de-burring can be combined in one machine.
One tool in a single cycle, backed by CAD/CAM programming, ensures that any combination of holes, slots, contoured ends - and so on - to be produced automatically.
Excellent finish-of-cut from a multi-tasking profiler eliminates deburring or further finishing.
A very high degree of accuracy and repeatability allows components to transfer directly to an assembly or welding line.
It only takes a few minutes to introduce product design changes - via CAD/CAM - while components are in production.
The LT652 accepts tube bundles up to 4000kg.
Changeover times are shorter than its predecessor - the LT651 - now taking 5min instead of 15-20min.
The machine does not require specific tube supports as the CNC controls the tube holder.
Managing director of BLM-Adige (UK) comments: "Our Adige laser tube cutting machines are now widely used in the production of structural components for the automotive, furniture and climate control industries.
For example, a two-part aluminium air bag canister with complex end shapes and cut-outs along its length only took 30 sec to manufacture.
The precision and flexibility of the Adige Lasertube can revolutionise every aspect of the product design and production strategy.".
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