Sheet metal is an integrated cold working process for sheet metal (usually below 6mm), including cutting, punching / cutting / compounding, folding, welding, riveting, splicing, forming (such as automobile body) Parts of the same thickness.

China has gradually become an international processing and manufacturing center, coupled with the continuous increase of foreign investment, the demand for metal processing continues to increase, while the metal processing industry in the electrical control box, the machine casing, etc. are generally sheet metal parts, so sheet metal processing With the continuous improvement of the demand for capability, the complexity of the process is relatively high, and even some parts of the process up to dozens of as much, but also in the accuracy of the sheet metal processing put forward higher requirements.

At this stage, the sheet metal industry problems are:

The traditional processing of sheet metal workshop is the use of cutting board, blanking and bending process. One punching process requires a large number of molds, while the blanking in the sheet metal shop with less cutting and no cutting process features, is very important. This will usually require the processing of a product with dozens of sets, and some products may require hundreds of sets of molds.

Time, mold processing requires a certain design and manufacturing cycle, the product has a certain trial cycle, a lot of time wasted.

Economically, with a large number of molds, the cost of the product is correspondingly increased, resulting in a waste of costs.

In the highly competitive market environment, the urgent need of a new processing methods instead, laser processing technology in the sheet metal workshop came into being. FARLEY • LASERLAB, a leading laser manufacturer in the domestic laser industry, is devoted to research and development of advanced laser equipment. FARLEY • LASERLAB CNC laser cutting has the advantages of high precision, high speed and flexible machining, which has become the development direction of sheet metal processing technology. Great replacement of CNC punching equipment trends.

FARLEY • LASERLAB's cost-effective, high-performance CNC laser cutting machine is unique in the sheet metal industry, greatly favored by the processing plant, a powerful guarantee for sheet metal processing center business orders.

Traditional sheet metal cutting equipment and process

Conventional sheet metal processing technology is: shear - red - bending - welding process or flame plasma cutting - bending - welding process. In the multi-species, small quantities, customized, high-quality, short delivery orders before it has obvious shortcomings:

● (NC) Shear Because it is mainly straight-line cutting, can only be used in sheet metal processing that requires only straight-line cutting;

● (CNC / brick) punch on the thickness of more than 1.5mm steel cutting limited, and the surface quality is not good, high cost, noisy, is not conducive to environmental protection;

● Flame cutting as the first traditional cutting method, when cutting heat distortion, kerf width, waste materials, processing speed is only suitable for roughing;

● High-pressure water cutting slow processing, resulting in serious pollution, high cost.

New sheet metal cutting equipment and process - laser cutting

Laser cutting is a process of sheet metal processing revolution, sheet metal processing in the "machining center." Laser cutting process has the advantages of flexibility, flexibility and higher. In response to the current problems of traditional sheet metal cutting, the demand for laser cutting is also on the rise.

The advantages of the new sheet metal cutting process are:

● laser cutting a high degree of flexibility, cutting speed, high efficiency, short production cycle, whether it is simple or complex parts, can use laser to achieve a rapid prototyping cutting;

● narrow slit, cutting quality, high degree of automation, easy operation, low labor intensity, no pollution;

● can achieve automatic cutting nesting, nesting, improved material utilization, no tool wear, material adaptability;

● low production costs, good economic returns.

Laser processing technology is the most important feature of the mold can be processed without the use of laser processing blanking eliminates the need for a large number of molds, the production time is shortened, lower product costs and better access to advantages in the market, is conducive to many types of small batch Production and mass production of products.

● laser cutting speed, can greatly improve production efficiency, reduce product cycle time;

● narrow slit, cutting good quality, good material adaptability, improve product quality;

● high degree of automation, easy to operate, reduce the labor intensity of workers;

● no pollution during processing, will not cause harm to the human body;

● There is no "tool" wear during laser processing, which improves material utilization and reduces customer's operating cost.

● laser processing, high reliability, stability, to meet the needs of industrial mass production and processing.