fellow hackologists may be interested in a year and half long project of mine to build a computer controlled sheet metal cutting system. It uses a 100 watt CO2 industrial laser.

Cutting data is fed directly into the Paperless Parts quoting system, which uses the cutting speeds the assigned laser can ...

They all look about the same though: A blue sheet metal box with the laser tube mounted along the back. The cutting compartment is on the left and the electronics are on the right. Earlier ...

TRUMPF has introduced Remote Operations Support, a new service for automated laser cutting machine customers. The service ...

Laser giant Coherent is using this week’s EuroBLECH trade ... Although it can be used for virtually any high-power sheet metal cutting process, Coherent says that the CUT12 has been specifically ...

The first step in fabricating a sheet metal component is cutting to size. Shearing machines and shearing machinery perform this function. Shearing machines are multipurpose devices used in the cutting ...

To improve its local manufacturing processes, WEG has taken delivery of two laser cutting machines and three bending machines. Deployed at the sheet metal cutting operation at the company’s ...