Industrial laser cutting is a manufacturing process in which focused beams of light are used to bore holes and cut out shapes from sheets of steel, polycarbonate and other materials with high precision. The three primary types of industrial laser cutting machine configurations are moving material, flying optics and hybrid systems. Though laser cutting provides …
Punching is a common method of metalworking that can be used to transform metal materials into desired shapes, sizes or other properties. Through the punching machine, various complex metal parts can be produced, which greatly improves the production efficiency of the product. Over the past ten years, as the punch presses have become more functional, …
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While the more exotic breakthroughs in industrial lasers tend to get the headlines, small to mid-size fabricators continue to harness the time- and labor-saving benefits of workhorse cutting, welding and marking systems from suppliers who combine intensive process guidance with smarter operating software. Advances that include IPG’s hand-held LightWELD 1500 unit, higher throughput additive manufacturing …
Risk factors for stamping operations According to the analysis of the cause of the accident, the dangers in stamping operations mainly include the following aspects: Dangers of equipment structure Some stamping equipment uses rigid clutches. This is the use of a cam or coupling key mechanism to engage or disengage the clutch. Once engaged, it …
With the introduction of kilowatt-level fiber lasers in the early 2000s and their subsequent integration into cutting tools in the late 2000s, fiber lasers have transformed laser cutting from a niche method to a mainstream fabrication process. Since then, fiber lasers have dominated the laser cutting of sheet metals because of their ease of integration, …
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What is Laser Cutting? The word LASER is Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, which is the abbreviation of “beam generated by stimulated radiation”. Laser is an artificial light source with characteristics different from natural light, so practical technology has been widely developed and applied in various fields. Simply put, Laser Cutting is a …
Lasers in industry have come a long way since their invention and subsequent deployment in the 1960s. What were once viewed as potentially hazardous to the health of humans—the moniker “death ray” was common—these tools have evolved to become some of the most effective ways for manufacturers to cut and mark materials once deemed too …
The term punching is generally understood to include all operations of cutting out blanks from sheet metal The shape cut away is known as the blank, whilst the unavoidable amount of metal sheet left afterwards is only fit for scrap. Some ingenuity is required to so arrange the sequence of successive punchings that the amount …
Sheet metal embossing is a stamping technique that creates raised or sunken images in sheet metal. This procedure can be accomplished using matched male and female roller dies, or by sliding a sheet or a strip of metal between the desired pattern’s rolls. It’s frequently used in conjunction with foil stamping to create a gleaming, …
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The fundamental concepts behind roll forming go back to Leonardo da Vinci. The first continuous roll forming lines can be traced back to the 1910s. Yet even after all this time, many still don’t know what roll forming really is. It’s a staple in certain sectors like automotive, aerospace, and the metal building industries, but …
