Fibre laser can quadruple productivity

Compared with the industry-standard 4kW fibre laser, the 10kW source increases cutting speed by up to a factor of four. The greatest speed benefits are achieved in material thicknesses between 3-12mm, although the high power also enables productive cutting of sheet thicknesses up to 30mm. This will be of benefit to manufacturers that rely on fibre laser technology for all their cutting requirements, to the exclusion of CO₂.

To integrate the 10kW fibre laser source optimally into the ByStar platform, Bystronic has designed and produced a cutting head. The in-house development incorporates a so-called Spot Control function, which automatically shapes the laser beam and flexibly adapts the focal point with high precision. Without operator intervention, cutting quality is optimised across a broad mix of materials, from thin to thick, including stainless steel, aluminium, brass, copper and ferrous metals.