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The Kern laser cutting machine at VanRon Steel features a rack-and-pin- ion design and servo motors at each side of the table. Kern rates the machine to ±0.002 in./ft. positioning accuracy and ±0.005 in./ft. repeatability.
Matt —took the company
over from their father in
2002. Along with their life-
long friend Mark VanPortfliet
joining as an ownership
partner, the Charon brothers
renamed the company in
2004 and almost immedi-
ately set a new course, expanding its core competency from supplying cut-to-length tube sections to customers in the metal-furniture, medical-equipment and other indus- tries, to now providing a full array of value-added services. Think profile cut- ting, hole drilling, forming and welding
of square, round and oval tubes. “Value-added services have grown significantly for us in the last 10 years,” says Jason Charon. “During that time, we’ve added CNC mills and new tube- bending machines, and grown our capabilities to include centerless grind-
ing, deburring and tube-end forming.”
Bringing Laser Cutting Inhouse
In 2018, Charon and his team decid- ed to take a close look at bringing laser cutting of tubes—holes, slots, etc.— inhouse. “At the time,” Charon recalls,
Fabrication: Light-Gauge Laser Tube Cutting
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