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machine in mind, and decided on the Prima Platino.”
Rated for mild steel to 20 mm thick, the machine shines particularly on thin and medium-gauge sheetmetal. It’s equipped with a Tower Server blank- storage tower that allows for easy load- ing/unloading of blanks and processed sheets. It has an elevator for loading and unloading pallets on and off of the tower, and features single-sheet sepa- rating and sheet referencing. And, it supports lights-out operation.
“We often cut 3⁄8- and 5⁄16-in.-thick sheet at night, unmanned,” says Rose- vear. “The machine is reliable and cuts all night long on these thicker materi- als. With the automated tower we can run unmanned and lights out. We love the tower...we just load all of our sheets and it automatically transfers them, and then unloads the cut parts. It’s a real time saver.
“The thicker sheets,” he continues, “are heavy for one operator to load manually. The tower eliminates manual labor and material handling. It loads one sheet to the laser, the machine cuts and unloads the parts, and we’re up and running again.”
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Rosevear also appreciates the rela- tively little maintenance required to keep the fiber-laser machine up and running, compared to the CO2 machines. “We’ve only had to replace one lens in the fiber-laser machine,” he says, “and, the speed is awesome. We can cut at speeds to 1200 in./min. with the new machine, three times faster than with a CO2 model.”
Attracting New Business
“Thanks to the new fiber-laser machine,” Rosevear adds, “we have picked up a few new customers. On long runs we actually can charge a lower price for the same hourly work because of the speed of the machine. In all, since installing the Platino Fiber my business has increased by 35 per- cent. Profit margins are up and pro- duction time is down.” MF
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