industrial lasers have been around for a long time. but I still never get tired of watching them. still WAY cooler than 3d printers, or anything really.
Cooler than 3D printers? Have you seen industrial SLS and SLA machines at work? Turning liquid into a solid in front of your eyes. Or DMLS? 3D printers aren't just FDM toys that people use at home, because those are toys, not real industrial machines that cost 100,000-200,000 dollars.
4kw lasers are fairly new, though. Some folks at NASA have hypothesized that we could make a gigawatt laser to accelerate small satellites to nearly the speed of light tho
although you posted your comment 2 years ago... the speed and precision truly is mesmerising, you can't argue that plasma will still rock laser over speed at any time ;) production wise been meaning to get a laser cutter for myself working with plasma at the moment
I actually program and operate a 6kw Mitsubishi 3015exF-60 Plus fiber laser. I have done so since 2015 and can say that even after that period of time its still impressive
Back in the day I used to work on a CNC Trumpf machine that punched out shapes from mild steel using a revolving drum carousel of tools. It was programmed by punched paper. Boy the noise. This puppy is light years away from the old clunkers.
@@DanielFisher13 If you just want the pattern, which is usually the case, this gives you a cleaner cut than plasma, easier to do than a CNC mill or Router table, and gives a cut that's cleaner than a band saw. There's a burr on the back, but other than that, this is a sweet process. -- I've done stuff like this the old-fashioned way. Cover the material with ink, scribe everything with arcs, drill a hole in the material, cut it with a reciprocating saw, and then file it smooth. Forget that. Make a drawing, click "cut" pay for it, then it shows up cut better than I have ever done, deburr it if necessary, paint if necessary.
+Sean McAlister More laser power does not automatically translate into better performance. For this category of machine, 2D cutting, the laser beam has to be focused into a usable & stable form to achieve a good quality kerf. There are several limitations such as thermal stability of optical components (water/air/nitrogen cooled), and consumables used per part cost. Cost per part is the driving factor for developing better machines. I have seen a 20kW CO2 laser source in an R&D/demo lab, not usable for cutting.
Discovered this video 4 weeks too late. Just read about the possibility to see this machine live in action. Checked the address ... it's like 5 miles away from Hoffman Estates, where I stayed in April / Mai this year. :-). Now back in Germany :-(.
Had the pleasure of installing and using this fibre laser at S&W, Erith, Kent, UK, was fantastic, the software was so easy to use, potential is unlimited
Yes this is the real speed. X Y and Z axis are "high speed" axis with very quick acceleration / deceleration. This reduces the total cycle time for each part especially with complex geometry.
@@steviered100 Make up your damn mind. You claimed in your first comment 'more like 2mm' ... Me I saw it cut a heck of a lot more than that so what is it now?
apparently the place i work at sucks. our fiber laser that we bought last year only runs at 100% instead of its full potential and we cant cut anything over 11 gauge without having a ton of issues. and everything seems to get caught up in the slats that look like this ^^^^^^. tons of tip touch issues sadly but that may just be cause of our programs sadly. but it does make cutting low smaller gauge material ALOT faster. we have to run 3 lasers and the fiber fills up its scrap pallet in no time before we have to run over and pick through it.
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This is the third technology i am fascinated with. 1st being the simple ink jet printer. Only 4 colors can create thousands.. the second being the modern loom. How dast it can make fabrics. Is amazing. Watching rhis laser cutter work is relaxing. I wish i could afford to own one
Hi guys, a friend of mine was looking to buy one as he owns 2 x prima co2 lasers. These run in the region of 500K Euro😨. Can only cut metal, aluminum brass etc. No woods, leather, perspex and the likes.
Wow.... The laser I have access to needs multiple passes to cut 8mm acrylic at the speed this machine cuts thought steel at almost 3x that thickness. This is incredible!
Very interesting! What’s the width of the laser cut, should you want to use the internal and external pieces, as some kind of sliding fit? What typical Ra / Rz surface finish is obtained? Thanks.
+AversaS Please email Prima Power at us.info@primapower.com and we can do a productivity study. Send us the material type, thickness and a common nest of components.
This is called a 'pierce'. At thicker materials the machine can't just instantly penetrate the material like you see at the start of the video. To deal with this, the machine performs a special process to quickly get through the material. It does this away from the actual part because pierces generally ruin the metal. After a pierce is complete there is no blockage of flow and the machine can begin its standard cutting process.
Yes, by combining and compresing of the beams. Only thing its expensive for that range of power, plus its not good beam for longer distances and precision. Just look up for "beam combiners" and "beam expanders ( compresors) whit lenses and beter ones whit prisms (two for each axis)
Amazing machine! Speed and accuracy are incredible! Not to mention the cleanliness and quality of the cuts ... I'll ask one of these to Santa, lol ...
+G Abare Please email Prima Power and we can do a case study for you. Send us the material type, thickness and a common nest. www.primapower.com/us/about-us/our-presence-world/
+manuel ramirez Hello Mr Ramirez, please contact our service department at us.info@primapower.com because we need to know your machine full spec, software version, the metal material, etc.
Is this laser running on nitrogen? I know anything over 1/4 is oxygen. . An do you know what parameter can I use for 1/8 alum not leaving any debut on it.
How about something with 4'x8' table, 20% power, speed and price? A lot of the new machinery has gone over the horizon with capacity & price, for a small shop to afford. Oftentimes we need the basic capacity not something that can cut for half the country in one shift. Something like HASS TL1 or TL 2 lathe, with about 30.000$ price tag. Majority of sheet metal cut, is up to 2mm and 800W fiber will cut this nicely. Somebody with half a decent offering in this category is bound to make more money than selling this monsters. We engineers tend to fall in love with the best, fastest, biggest, when just right might be a better solution. I'd like to get some thoughts on this. Thank you.
