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News Release from: Trumpf | Subject: Trumatic L 3050 flatbed laser cutting machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 November 2004
Flat bed laser cutting speeds increased
by 36%
A flat bed laser cutting and profiling system with linear drives has increased cutting speeds of up to 36%, and when processing thin sheet, its cutting speed can reach 40m/min.
"The Trumatic L 3050 flatbed laser cutting machine stands for pure innovation Linear drive technology is specifically used on it
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Extremely fast cutting - the TLF 6000 means an increase in speed of up to 36 percent, which will result in increased efficiency, particularly with regard to large-scale processing.
When processing thin sheets at high speeds, the TLF 6000 cuts effectively at speeds of up to 40m/min.
The maximum sheet thickness for high-speed processing is up to 4mm.
In addition, the more efficient laser can now also process stainless steel up to 25mm thick and aluminum up to 15mm thick.
The user can rely on technology parameters for laser cutting that have been reliably and empirically recorded.
The TLF 6000, which is part of the TLF CO2 laser series, is based on Trumpf technology, which has proven reliable more than ten thousand times.
Fly cutting - but the laser is not the only new feature in the 2D laser cutting machines of the 50s series.
The control unit also has new functions.
In the future, the user will be able to simulate the NC program and graphically initiate re-entry.
In addition, the 'FlyCut' increases efficiency.
With repeating contours that lie next to one another, the laser cutting process can hold its ground against the punching process.
Thanks to the flying, position-accurate switch on/switch off capability of the laser beam, hole grids can be produced particularly effectively without the axes being stopped in the process.
This reduces the positioning times and leads to a productivity increase of up to 70 percent.
Changing nozzles made easy - for unmanned shifts, process-safe operation is vital.
To ensure consistently high cutting quality, the worn-out nozzles have to be replaced automatically and quickly.
At the EuroBLECH 2004 trade show, Trumpf demonstrated how a large number of the cutting tasks can be processed, without the operator interfering, using an automatic nozzle changer and one cutting head.
When programming, the user can specify when, after a certain number of hours, worn-out nozzles have to be replaced.
The nozzles are then changed automatically.
For the cutting head, Trumpf depends on an all-rounder ? a 7.5in head with cutting parameters precisely tuned to these tasks.
It can perform most cutting tasks so that changing the cutting head becomes unnecessary. Request a free brochure from Trumpf ...
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