Mr. Li, founder, sole owner and General Manager of Jiaxing Haiong Electromechanical Technology, has always had a real fascination for designer furniture. At the beginning of his working career Mr. Li traded in raw materials for the food processing sector and designed furniture made of wood as a second job.
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Lasertube precision: the key to a winning business strategy
Jan 26, 2022 8:47:00 AM
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Van Keulen: Costruction of interior furniture with Lasertube
Jan 11, 2022 4:34:07 PM
Van Keulen is a well-known interior design and shop fitting producer with more than 70 years of experience in these sectors.
With its 3 production plants and 5 assembly locations in the Netherlands, Van Keulen has been designing, producing and supplying high-quality custom interior solutions such as shop, catering and public space fittings, shelves and furniture.
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Managing weld seams makes the difference in tube processing
Jan 4, 2022 9:48:00 AM
There are many cases in which the weld seams on tubes are an issue that must be addressed in order to obtain satisfactory finished parts. Technical requirements, appearance, structural and thickness tolerances and process continuity of the weld do not allow for leaving the position of the weld seam to chance. This rings true for laser cutting and bending alike. Let's take a closer look at the solutions available on BLM GROUP systems.
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Optimal preparation of production batches and nesting
Dec 20, 2021 8:28:14 AM
Creating production batches is a key step of tube processing on the shop floor.
The jobs loaded on the machine must contain all the information needed to proceed, including machine movement instructions, geometric details of the part, material characterization and technological options.
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The solution for any need is a tube and sheet laser cutting system
Dec 7, 2021 7:07:59 PM
“For us, the cutting time is not a particularly important parameter, the flexibility of the system is much more important, the process as a whole counts, and it's just not possible to compare the manual work of before with the current situation.”
Céline Hugot, owner of Viollet Industries
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Metazet FormFlex uses BLM GROUP for tube and sheet laser cutting
Nov 18, 2021 2:04:20 PM
The Dutch firm Metazet FormFlex, global total partner in horticulture, replaced its existing BLM GROUP laser cutting machines after 17 years with the GROUP’s latest technology tube and sheet machinesp.
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Walcarius shakes up the construction world with 3D laser cutting
Oct 19, 2021 7:39:02 PM
The Belgian based metal construction company Walcarius NV wanted to stand out in the steel construction world by exploiting tube and beam machining and their interlocking potential offered by 3D laser cutting.
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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.
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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.
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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.