2D LASER CUTTING

Today laser cutting is one of the most widespread material processing techniques, particularly for flat (2D) or bended and formed (3D) sheet metal.

Compared to mechanical tools (shearing, punching, milling, etc.), the laser has many benefits:

• maximum application flexibility: any material can be virtually processed (all kinds of steel, aluminium and its alloys, titanium and many other metallic materials, but also the greatest part of plastic materials).
• no limit to the shapes which can be obtained: any path, also the most complex one and the most sharp corners, can be cut, since the laser tool is punctiform.
• superior accuracy and no part distorsion caused by heat and mechanical stress of the tool;
• no tool wear.
  

Many thousands of 2D laser systems are at work all over the world. Higher production rhythms - and therefore higher cutting speed on all materials - and more and more efficient systems for loading/unloading/storing of raw and finished sheets are increasing requirements in this sector. These are associated to the problems of the collection and treatment of the fumes and dust produced during the process, and of the protection of the operator and the environment.

In order to grant the widest application flexibility, the highest performances and safety standards, PRIMA INDUSTRIE 2D machines use CO₂ lasers, mostly manufactured within the Group, and PRIMA ELECTRONICS numerical controls. Unique responsibility and total control of the technology are thus granted.

Many machines are dedicated to intensive production within a totally automated industrial process, but the most typical user is the high quality job-shop, exploiting the performances and the flexibility of the laser tool for his daily achievement on the market.