Top Industrial Applications: Laser Tube Cutting
Leave a CommentThe tube laser cutting process generates precise cuts with smooth edges in a variety of materials. This versatile metal fabrication technique offers high repeatability and the capacity to handle high-volume production, complex designs, and thick materials. With its ability to make clean cuts, it’s a fast and highly efficient method for producing laser-cut parts that won’t typically require secondary finishing.
Manufacturers and fabricators often use the process for cutting and shaping heavy-duty equipment parts, lending tube laser cutting to common applications in the automotive, transportation, and construction industries. Read on to learn more about how each of these market sectors utilizes tube laser cutting to generate reliable, high-quality components.
Automotive Industry
Vehicles are complex assemblies, and they require strong, precision-cut parts to operate reliably and safely. Ideally, such parts are also lightweight to help with enhanced fuel economy. Automotive fabricators use powerful lasers to cut through a range of metals and produce smooth components without burrs or excessive material waste generation.
Common automotive applications for tube laser cutting are:
- Chassis frames
- Engine components
- Exhaust systems, manifolds, headers, and pipes
- Roll cages
- Structural vehicle components
- Suspension system parts
Transportation Industry
In the broader transportation industry, tube laser cutting is useful for creating numerous parts for applications in buses, trains, commercial trucks, and industrial vehicles. Once again, lightweight yet durable parts are paramount in this sector. Components will experience rough use in rugged applications, carrying people or heavy freight over long distances and with tight deadlines. Such modes of transportation must have high-performance parts to function safely and dependably.
Tube laser cutting for the transportation industry can create the following:
- Bus parts
- Trailer cross members
- Trailer and railcar side panels
- Truck and train frames and underframes
Construction Industry
Strong and dimensionally accurate tubes are critical components throughout this industry, both in constructing buildings as well as the construction equipment itself. The tube laser cutting process is ideal for creating precisely cut, durable parts that can bear heavy loads. The process is also capable of producing parts of various dimensions in intricate and complex designs for custom fabrication projects. Fabricators can cut project-specific parts for architectural or aesthetic purposes based on a client’s requirements.
Manufacturers frequently utilize tube laser cutting to cut and shape the following structural and machinery components for the construction sector:
- Backhoe parts
- Bracing members for bridges
- Bulldozer components
- Columns
- Crane booms
- Decorative or architectural features
- Excavator arms
- Railings
- Structural beams and frames
Tube Laser Cutting Services From Champ Metal Fabrication
At Champ Metal Fabrication, we have decades of experience serving Tier-One suppliers and OEMs across diverse industries with a comprehensive range of precision metal fabrication capabilities. Our team specializes in prototyping, pressing, forming, CNC machining, laser cutting, welding, assembly, painting, and more to provide you with turnkey fabrication solutions.
In our efficient tube laser cutting services, we offer precision cuts and fast processing times even on high-volume projects. We power our operations with one of the best tube laser-cutting machines available to deliver reliable quality, speed, and project fulfillment. Equipped with a 3D 6-axis, 3500W CO2 cutting laser, our high-accuracy BLM LT8 tube laser cutting system can cut tubes of various materials and thicknesses into your desired dimensions and shapes. This high-powered equipment is compatible with automotive-grade metal materials, producing clean cuts to minimize post-processing operations. Also, our advanced nesting software helps us optimize operations, lowering production costs and reducing waste and material usage.
Contact us to learn more about our tube laser cutting capabilities at Champ, or request a quote today for pricing details on your next project.