FOCUS ON TUBE FORMING
Mazak ’ s GF-400 NEO fibre laser cutter for tube .
L beams . By combining a new 3D laser head with A-axis , B-axis and fibre laser technology , it can facilitate the stable machining of complex shapes and highly reflective materials , such as copper and brass . The 4-chucks system provides additional stability by preventing material distortion during processing . Mazak also offers a remote diagnostic service via iCONNECT for all its machines .
Other tube processing machines from Mazak include the FT-150 FIBER , a compact laser processing machine for tube , with the operator area , loading station and unloading station all on the same side . It is designed for high-speed cutting of small and medium tubes up to 152.4mm diameter in large batches . It is equipped with a 3kW fibre resonator and has an additional U-axis in the cutting head , which facilitates ultra-high-speed cutting , as well as a tilting laser head for bevel cutting . The FG-220 DDL laser cutter can process both thin and thick materials , as well as high reflectance material such as copper and brass . The machine is equipped with a 4kW DDL resonator .
MTC Bamieh Srl ’ s main products are slitting and cut-to-length lines ; welded pipe lines and pipe packaging machine ; steel tape coil preparation systems ; serrated bar production in coil or bar shape ; profiling machines ; stamping presses and other metal equipment . It can also supply pole and high mast production lines . Memoli sas di Vergani Roberto & C offers the Memoli tube bender ETM series , designed to bend with or without mandrel tubes and profiles , and capable of bending in both right and left directions . It bends tubes with diameters from 8mm up to 150mm and can make curves of over 180 ° for a minimum bending radius of 2.5 / 3 x the tube diameter .
Messer Cutting Systems GmbH offers a range of sheet metal , pipe and tube cutting systems . Its pipe and tube cutting system processes square and round tube . It includes two tube and pipe support carts . There are multiple manual chuck options for rectangular tube , square and round tube and pipe .
The SicoMat ® is designed for high productivity and robustness ; characteristics which are required particularly in shipbuilding
and wind tower manufacture . With bevel cutting heads for oxyfuel cutting and plasma cutting , a wide spectrum of marking processes and the option of a sandblasting or grinding head , the SicoMat ® offers a high level of automation ( even the weld edge geometry can be programmed and set automatically ).
Metalix CAD / CAM Ltd . offers tube CNC software such as cncKad , AutoNest and
The Memoli ETM tube bender series .
Nukon Laser ’ s VENTO FLEX 2D / 3D cutter for pipe , profile and sheet metal .
MBend . cncKad and AutoNest include a job estimation module ; support for 3D tube parts ; smart common cuts for rectangular nesting ; multiple cut sheets ; suction force calculations for pickup and AutoCAD 2018 DXF support . Its MTube software provides new support for Tube Bevel , and enhanced support for Tube commands — tube assemblies ( construction ), connections , intersections , bend cuts etc .
MURGESI Srl specialises in turnkey manufacturing of production lines for polygonal and conical round steel poles for public lighting and electrical power lines and manufacturing lines for road manufactured products . Its new profile curving machine with rapid and high curving quality makes it suitable for pole and profile production .
MVD Inan is an experienced manufacturer of press brakes , laser machines , guillotine shears , plasma machines , turret punch presses and expanded metal presses . Its plasmacutting solutions offer tube cutting options . For example , its iPlasma cutting system can also be equipped with a five-axis bevelling head , multi-plasma heads and pipe-cutting functionality .
Nukon Lazer Makina Metal Sanayi Vetic . AS offers the REX 2D / 3D Sheet Fibre Laser / Tube Laser Combine Mac which cuts pipe and profile ( 3000 x 1500mm ), with power ranging from 1-8kW . Its VENTO FLEX 2D / 3D Sheet / Tube laser combined machine combines pipe and profile with sheet-metal cutting .
Its NKT-160 Pipe and Profile Fibre Laser system is used to process pipes or profiles produced in different shapes and materials across various industry sectors . Available with automatic loading / unloading systems , it offers up to 4kW of power .
In conclusion
Part two of this article ( from P-Z ) will be printed in ISMR ’ s April 2023 issue . n