Laser cutting
Second fibre laser for subcontractor Just 18 months after purchasing the display machine from the Nukon Lasers UK stand at MACH 2022, Greater Manchester-based AD Laser Cutting Ltd has taken delivery of a second Nukon fibre laser.
Whereas AD Laser Cutting’s first fibre laser was a Nukon ECO 315 4kW model, its new machine is from the European laser machine manufacturer’s REX model range. Just like Nukon’s ECO machines, the Nukon REX is able to accommodate flat sheet metal sizes of up to 3 metres x 1.5 metres. Chosen primarily for its side-mounted loading table, to better fit with the available floorspace at AD Laser Cutting’s brand- new subcontract manufacturing facility - a move driven by the company’s growing order book - the
Nukon REX also has a more powerful 6kW laser. This additional power will enable AD to precision- cut stainless steel of up to 25 mm in thickness. “We really couldn’t have imagined just how much precision laser-cutting work our first machine from Nukon Lasers UK would enable us to complete,” comments AD Laser Cutting Ltd’s managing director, Darren Golden. “Projects undertaken have ranged from precision cutting stainless steel components for the utilities sector, to manufacturing furniture components,
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