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Lasertube LT8 – choose the configuration that suits your requirement

Jun 25, 2021 9:13:59 AM

BLM GROUP debuted the LT8 in 2006. It became an instant success. Over the years the technology evolved and the LT8 became LT8.10 and later the LT8.20. The LT8 family is the most popular Laser tube cutting system in the world.

Topics: metal cutting flexibility tube efficiency laser cutting lasertube tubular frame LT8.10 success story metal working cross section automatic tube loader automatic tube unloader kit concept LT

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Tubular Frame Fabrication: Endless Innovation with Lasertube & Artube

Jun 9, 2021 4:07:45 PM

When you think of tube, normally you think of it as a fluid carrier – a water pipe, a gas line or a fuel line. You don’t think of a tube as a structural element, even if we see several examples of tube being used as a structural element in our daily lives.

Topics: lasertube tubular frame Artube drilling metal processing software Laser cutting of frame components Tube joints slot and tabs frame welding measuring marking saw cutting deburring SW SWTOFU#002

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The differences between laser and plasma in tube cutting

May 20, 2021 9:31:41 PM

The differences between laser and plasma cutting in sheet metal are well known but what are the criteria for choosing between them when cutting tubes and profiles?

Laser cutting and plasma cutting are two technologically different metal cutting methods. As can be expected, the characteristics of the cut, the types of applications and the benefits they can offer are also different.

Topics: laser cutting welding lasertube tube laser cutting structural kerf Plasma cutting of section bars constructions Installation Laser vs. plasma metalworking plasma cutting of beams laser cutting of tubes differences between laser and plasma threaded holes plasmatube laser cutting of beams laser cutting of section bars characteristics of laser cutting characteristics of plasma cutting laser pipe cutting JT

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Automation is renewed and slashes production costs

May 5, 2021 6:00:11 PM

It has been years since there has been such an upheaval in the world of automation and not only in the manufacturing field. We can talk about a real "Renaissance" or – as it has been called by theorists – a new industrial revolution, (the fourth to be precise).

New technologies, process data collection and analysis, increasingly sophisticated simulations, digital twins, widespread connectivity at various levels (WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet and soon 5G), all accompanied by the ever-present and promising growth of artificial intelligence.

Topics: efficiency automation Automotive industry 4.0 CAD/CAM software energy new technologies agriculture machines artificial intelligence software product differentiation digital twins perceived complexity steam engine tailor-made industrial revolution supply chain LT

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Steel construction profits from laser quality

Apr 26, 2021 6:30:33 PM

With the introduction of the newest generation of laser cutting machines for tube and sheet materials, more and more steel construction companies are seeing the benefits of high precision cutting with a laser.

Topics: steel constructions sheet laser cutting LS5 LC5 metal processing plasma vs laser high power laser source stainless steel laser cutting intube laser-quality punching machine CH LC LCSS#002

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Techniques and technologies for bending tubular heating elements

Apr 19, 2021 11:21:33 AM

Tubular heating elements are components that convert electrical energy into thermal energy for heating liquids or gases.

Topics: vgp3d wire bending household appliances heating elements twin-head wire bending machine fixed radius bending DH4012 DH4010 twin head heating element bending machine tubular heating elements bending of tubular heating elements DH40 bending heating elements twin-head tube bending machine variable radius bending how to bend heating elements WR WRBOFU#001

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Sheet laser cutting – features that optimize performance!

Apr 12, 2021 12:38:55 PM

When one thinks of BLM GROUP’s laser machines, one immediately thinks of Lasertube systems.

It is quite natural that BLM GROUP is firmly associated to laser tube cutting as the technology was invented, developed and brought to the current level of reliable high productivity systems, by BLM GROUP.

This spectacular success in the tube sector sometimes makes people forget that BLM GROUP has been manufacturing laser sheet cutting systems for the past 30 years.

Topics: lasertube sheet laser cutting LS5 LC5 safety enclosure laser cutting head machine layout fiber laser source laser cutting liquid cooling system accessibility scrap and remnants table sizes lasertube module capacitive sensor compressed air kit 2D laser flatbed laser LC

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Best cutting technology for the fabrication of steel structures

Mar 29, 2021 6:58:15 PM

The steel construction sector demands radical changes in the processes used to cut H, C and IPE type tubes and profiles and to prepare them for successive fabrication steps. There is an increased demand to construct ultra-modern structures. The ever-increasing complexity of forms and requirement of esthetically appealing appearances present a growing fabrication challenge. This modern trend is also seen in residential buildings. Additional aspects of the modern trend are eco-sustainability and the need to complete the projects in shorter time frames to reduce costs.

Topics: automation feasibility welding steel constructions lasertube industry 4.0 lasertube programming 3D laser cutting structural sustainability laser v/s plasma metal working on-site work laser v/s machining centers laser cutting of I beams macros for Laser cutting of I beams JT

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Right or left-hand or right and left-hand tube bender in automatic process

Mar 17, 2021 7:03:19 PM

The bending direction of a tube bending machine is determined by looking down on the bend die. If it rotates clockwise when bending it is “right-hand”. Conversely, if it rotates counter clockwise, it is “left-hand”.

Topics: programming design feasibility Automotive furniture vgp3d tube bending machines Diameter contractors metal processing bending direction create the part in a single cycle programming a tube bending machine CV CVMOFU#005

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Advantages and limits of tube 3D laser cutting

Mar 8, 2021 5:26:04 PM

3D laser cutting offers expanded opportunities but requires adequate technical solutions to obtain the desired quality and robustness of results.

Topics: lasertube 3D laser cutting laser special sections kerf focus position Joints for laser cut assemblies nitrogen oxygen

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