“You cut mostly thin to medium sheet, load and unload by hand, and the material changes often.”
- An open-table fiber cutter. Direct access to the bed, fast manual loading, lowest entry price in the cutting families.
- Noise and fume management in an open cell, and the extraction capacity your workshop can actually provide.
In catalog: 7 modelsPower: 500 W – 6 kWFrom: $25,675
“You run repeat sheet work across shifts and want a predictable, tidy cutting cell.”
- An enclosed cutter, optionally with a shuttle table so one pallet loads while the other cuts.
- Footprint and ceiling height. An enclosed cell with a shuttle table needs meaningfully more floor than an open one.
In catalog: 10 modelsPower: 1 kW – 20 kWFrom: $17,751
“Your orders mix flat parts and frames, and sending tube work outside is holding up assembly.”
- A combined sheet and tube machine: one cell covers both instead of two separate investments.
- Changeover discipline. Without a planned routine, the machine spends its day being reconfigured instead of cutting.
In catalog: 6 modelsPower: 3 kW – 12 kWFrom: $51,985
“Profiles, tubes, and structural sections drive your margin, and sheet work is secondary.”
- A dedicated tube cutter. Better feeding, better support of long stock, and far shorter cycle times on sections.
- Maximum section length and diameter range. Check them against your longest and largest real stock.
In catalog: 2 modelsFrom: $119,819
“Welded parts need grinding and straightening afterwards, and quality varies between operators.”
- A laser welder: handheld for flexible work, multi-axis where the same seam repeats.
- Fit-up tolerance. Laser welding is less forgiving of gaps than MIG, so part preparation has to be consistent.
In catalog: 7 modelsPower: 1 kW – 3 kWFrom: $9,478
“You prepare surfaces before welding or coating, and abrasive blasting is impractical or too aggressive.”
- A laser cleaner, sized by the layer you need to remove and the area you need to cover.
- Throughput expectations. Laser cleaning gives you control and selectivity; square metres per hour is not where it competes.
In catalog: 8 modelsPower: 100 W – 2 kWFrom: $4,755
“Parts need permanent identification: serial numbers, codes, or traceability marks.”
- A marking or engraving system, chosen by marking field and part size.
- Part handling. The marking field and fixture matter more than laser power for most identification work.
In catalog: 7 modelsPower: 10 W – 200 WFrom: $3,487