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NUM helps Grupo Plasma Automation to develop high speed laser cutting machine
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NUM helps Grupo Plasma Automation to develop high speed laser cutting machine

By October 29, 2020 1:14 pm IST

CNC specialist NUM is helping Grupo Plasma Automation – one of Latin America’s top fabrication equipment manufacturers – to develop an innovative high speed laser cutting machine that uses real-time adaptive height control to accelerate throughput.

Grupo Plasma Automation comprises eight companies that specialise in the design and manufacture of fabrication automation. The group produces a broad range of plasma, laser and water jet cutting machines. Founded in 1991, GPA has grown steadily over the years and has built up a large and prestigious customer base; it has more than 700 cutting systems installed at companies in Mexico alone, and nowadays serves both the domestic and international markets.

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GPA’s latest CNC laser cutting machine is designed to provide sheet metal fabricators with an ultra-flexible precision cutting solution. Branded SPEED CUT, the machine is capable of cutting a wide variety of metals with different densities, including galvanised iron, aluminium, brass, stainless and carbon steel. It has a work area of 1.5 x 3 metres and a maximum cutting speed of 120 metres per minute, with 40 microns positioning accuracy. The system delivers extremely smooth operation even at high speeds.

To help maximise performance and reliability, GPA’s new cutting machine is based entirely on industry-leading laser and control technology. The laser source is a 2 kW IPG Photonics’ solid state ytterbium fibre system, with a wavelength of 1.07 micrometres, while the cutting head is a Precitec LightCutter 2.0 unit. This particular cutting head is renowned for its dynamic performance – it features automated motor-driven adjustment of the axial focus position, can handle acceleration rates as high as 3 g, and covers a large focus position range of 23 mm.

All cutting head positioning functions on the machine are controlled by a NUM Flexium+ 8 CNC system. According to Omar Sandoval, Owner and CEO of GPA, “We chose to partner with NUM mainly because of its open architecture CNC platform and NUM’s willingness to actively participate in joint development projects such as this.”

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