BLM GROUP Blog - 3D laser cutting

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Small batches? How to produce the fixtures for 3D laser cutting?

Nov 23, 2021 8:42:58 AM

In 3D Laser cutting, the part to be cut needs to be positioned and held in the working area of the machine in a repeatable way. One must use some kind a support to achieve this objective. Such supports are known as fixtures, reference fixtures or fixing gauge

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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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Automotive mass customization and 3D laser cutting

Jul 21, 2021 8:49:59 AM

Would you let someone else choose your next car for you? Probably not. And you probably wouldn't want everyone around you to have the same model as you. It would lose some of its allure, don't you think?

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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.

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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.

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Lasertube applications in the production of industrial vehicles

Oct 28, 2020 9:30:00 AM

Laser cutting of tubes and profiles is rapidly growing in the production of various types of industrial vehicles such as agricultural machinery, trucks, equipments for warehouse logistics, constructions, electric power generators, etc.

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Aerospace Applications - Why the LT-FREE is an excellent solution?

Sep 23, 2020 5:38:45 PM

In this short interview Lorenzo Carminato, Business Development Manager of LT-FREE at BLM GROUP USA, discusses the benefits of 5-axis laser cutting for aerospace applications.

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3D laser cutting and other technologies for bent or hydroformed tubes

Jul 31, 2020 11:55:00 AM

Advanced processes for tube manufacturing, the result of growing demand for increased productivity and above all, flexibility, has led to the creation of systems capable of performing complex and precision operations on pre- bent, hydroformed or shaped tubes. 3D laser cutting technology is playing an increasingly important role in this type of processes.

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LT8.10: the winning strategy of Optimal Metal Services

Jun 17, 2020 8:53:57 AM

Since its establishment 25 years ago in a garage in Kings Lynn, Norfolk in the UK, Optimal Metal Services has followed the relatively simple, yet effective, growth strategy of constantly adding value to the products offered to their customers mainly by continuously investing in new sheet processing machinery for punching, laser-cutting, bending, etc.

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The advantages of laser cutting on welded joint production

Jun 11, 2020 11:20:21 AM

The precision and technological features of laser cutting are opening new perspectives in the production of welded joints for the structural applications, making it possible to create complex geometry connections with greater accuracy and speed than in the past.

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