4 Benefits of Tube Laser Cutting in Stainless Steel
Posted on: 28 February 2019
Laser cutting, in itself, has revolutionised how industries work with stainless steel. Lasers have made cutting and fabrication techniques more efficient, scalable and cost-effective.
One type of laser cutting technique has been particularly beneficial to the stainless steel fabrication industry, and that is tube laser cutting. This technique comes in handy when fabricating tubes, pipes and other similarly shaped metallic surfaces. If you work in an industry that supplies or installs tube-shaped stainless steel panels, you will find tube laser cutting particularly beneficial.
Here are four ways though which tube lasers can help to improve your daily operations.
1. Unparalleled innovation
If you feel limited in your ability to create innovative products, the tube laser pushes the ceiling of innovation to unimaginable heights. Because you can now cut tube-shaped raw materials in many different ways, you can create pipes with unique shapes, tubes with multiple in and out points and frames with excellent durability to support large weights.
Your engineers can also design blueprints for more complex shapes because the tube laser allows you to cut in many different ways. You aren't restricted to simple straight plane cuts anymore.
2. A high level of accuracy and tolerance
In addition to pushing the ceiling of innovation, you can also cut stainless steel with a higher level of accuracy. This means that more complex shapes and designs can fit easily into each other during the fabrication process.
A primary concern with cutting tube-shaped parts is that they may not fit into each other if the cutting process isn't accurate enough. The tube laser eliminates this problem by allowing for precise programming and cutting angles that won't cause complications down the road.
3. Cutting can be done at a large scale
One of the biggest benefits of tube laser cutting is that it can be applied on a large-scale basis. For example, if your business supplies plumbing pipes or HVAC ductwork, you don't have to worry about the cutting process taking too long such that you lag behind demand.
Tube laser cutting machines are efficient enough to accurately slice through large substrates without compromising on accuracy or efficiency. The end result is minimal wastage of stainless steel and faster production of the required components.
4. Can be applied to many different industries
Finally, tube laser cutting wouldn't be very helpful if it was limited in its application. This technique can be used to cut many different steel substrates and across multiple industries. From automotive parts to plumbing components and even power generation/supply, the tube laser comes in handy to prepare many different industrial components.
Share