Need Help!- Which laser machine to buy?

[turbopwr]

Hi, the company i work for is currently in the market to buy a cnc laser machine and i'm hoping someone here could maybe point me in the right direction. The main work that i'm going to be using this machine for is cutting 1/8th inch thick x 20inch long x .75 wide strips with 3 .19 diameter holes in them. Woud someone have any suggestions on what machine would be capable of this kind of work and perhaps a little larger? any help would be greatly appreciated!! i'm open to used machines in good condition if someone knows of one for sale. thanks again!

[Cincinnati Rick]

Hello,

When selecting a laser cutting system is is important to know what kind of material are you planning to cut? If it is acrylic almost any machine will do the job but if it is molybdenum that is something else all together. If it is steel, stainless or aluminum there are a large number of manufacturers of metal fabricating machines that could handle this. The hole size, much smaller than material thickness is somewhat of a challenge and will require careful operation to be successful. You may want to look at a Cincinnati CL-6 laser. www.e-ci.com . 2500 watts and 5' x10' table size, optional dual pallets make this quite the production laser cutting system.

[Advanced Laser]

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[Purdue Guy]

I have owned three different lasers. Mazak, Cinncinati, and Mitsubishi. From hybrid design and single table, linear motion and dual tables, to automated load/unload. You can spend from 50K to 800K on these systems, so the first thing to determine is your budget and how much you need to cut. It sounds like an smaller resonator like 1000-2000 watt would work just fine. We have a 1500W Mazak STX that we started out with and we can cut up to 1/2 using oxygen and .135 mild steel or 3/16 stainless steel with it. That honestly sounds like the range of machine that you would be in unless you had a massive quantity of parts to cut. You could oxygen cut at around 100 ipm and nitrogen cut around 55 ipm on this type of machine. Your investment range would be from 50k-100k on an older machine and around 300k on a new one. Our 96 is up for sale for 60k. Just make sure you check them out closely as the booster, ball screws, and resonator can become very pricey repairs if they are at the end of their lifespan. All three could cost 40 to 80k to repair.

[cimagrafi]

Trumpf is your best choise.

[Dukerc51]

I don't know about other lasers but if you go new get some sort of service agreement. I have run Amada lasers for about 5 years now. The 2000 watt pulsar is going on 40000 hours and has been a good machine. The 4000 watt gemini is nice but in the beginning we were glad we had a service contract!! I think we had one of the first in production.

[MeridianMachine]

An excellent value purchase can be found at Hydrapower-intl.com

[vince millen]

I have a trumpf laser for sale if your intersted?

PM or call me on 07749196852

[blinton]

WE JUST BOUGHT A NEW BYSTRONIC BYVENTION 4000 WATT.
VERY NICE MACHINE. RUNNING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NO MAJOR PROBLEMS.
WE ALSO HAVE A PULSAR WHICH ALSO IS A GOOD MACHINE SLOW BUT SOLID