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News Release from: Press and Shear Machinery | Subject: PL-6 Laser Work Centre
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 14 July 2000
Laser profiling machine offers linear
motor speed
Mild steel sheet of 1 mm thickness may be cut at 20 m/min on Finn-Power's new FPL-6 Laser Work Centre, which is capable of processing material up to 20 mm thick.
Mild steel sheet of 1 mm thickness may be cut at 20 m/min on Finn-Power's new FPL-6 Laser Work Centre, which is capable of processing material up to 20 mm thick It is believed to be the only laser profiling machine to use low-friction linear motors rather than conventional rotary motors with mechanical drives, enabling the X and Y axes to accelerate at more than 2g and to be positioned simultaneously at up to 300 m/min to an accuracy of +/-25 microns
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 14 Jul 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sole UK agent, Press and Shear Machinery, advises that this is the Finnish company's first laser-only machine, although it fits lasers on request to its turret punch presses.
At the time of the machine's world launch at the Fabtech International show in Chicago last November (1999), 12 machines had been pre-sold from the specification, such is the reputation of Finn-Power in the sheet metal fabrication industry.
In view of the high level of demand, a new facility is being built in Finland specifically to manufacture the Laser Work Centre.
Sheet up to 1,500 x 3,000 mm weighing up to 800 kg can be handled and the shuttle table allows virtually continuous laser cutting.
Tables may be positioned on three sides of the machine to suit work flow within a factory.
An indication of the machine's high productivity may be gained from examples quoted in the literature.
For instance, 200 holes of 10 mm diameter and at a 15 mm pitch can be machined, including profiling the periphery, in 47 seconds - less than one third the time it would take on a conventional laser profiler.
Of flying optics / moving beam design, the laser delivery system uses just two external mirrors.
The auto focus cutting head can accept 5 inch and 7.5 inch focal length lenses which are interchangeable in seconds using a cartridge system, without any tools being needed.
Additional features are sheet probing to check size and position, oil spray and air blast availability, optional scrap conveyor, and the possibility to connect to Finn-Power's teleservice for remote machine monitoring. Request a free brochure from Press and Shear Machinery ...
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