A tube laser does for tube and section what a flatbed laser does for sheet: it takes the geometry off the drawing and cuts it straight into the profile, holding the tube and rotating it under the beam. Holes, slots, notches, mitres and copes are cut in one pass, end to end, with the tube fed automatically. Where a fabricator would once saw, drill, notch and grind a length of tube in four separate operations, the tube laser cuts the whole part in one, and every part in the batch matches the first.
What gets tube-cut
- Handrail and balustrade posts — mitred ends, base-plate holes and infill slots cut in the post, so the assembly goes together on the bench without marking out.
- Frames and chassis — square and rectangular section cut with tab-and-slot joints that locate themselves before welding.
- Architectural screens and canopies — tube members notched to nest into each other at the node, in the geometry the designer drew.
- Piping and process fittings — branch holes cut to the saddle shape of the joining pipe, ready for the weld.
- Furniture and display frames — decorative tube in stainless steel, cut clean enough to polish or PVD-coat after welding.
Why a tube laser
The point of a tube laser is what happens after the cut. A tube with a saddle-shaped notch sits on its neighbour without a gap; a frame whose members carry their own tabs and slots aligns itself; a post with its holes already in it goes straight to the welder. The fit-up is drawn once and repeated, which is where a hand-notched assembly loses its accuracy and its time. The cut edge is narrow and clean, so the weld preparation is often already done, and because the material can come from our own supply and the assembly can be welded, polished and finished on the same site, a tube part leaves as part of a finished component rather than as a length of cut metal.
Tube laser cutting also opens up geometry that is awkward any other way — a slot that wraps around the tube, a hole on a corner of a square section, a compound mitre on a rectangular hollow section — all of it cut to the file with no fixture to build.
Capacities
Machine limits by material, as published in the Hidayath Metal Industries company profile. Confirm your material, dimensions and quantity on enquiry.
Round tube
- Outside diameter 20 to 230 mm
Square tube
- 20 × 20 mm to 160 × 160 mm
Rectangular tube
- Side length 20 to 170 mm
- Circumscribed circle up to 230 mm
All profiles — stainless steel, carbon steel and aluminium
- Length up to 6300 mm
- Tube weight up to 100 kg
- Positioning accuracy 0.05 mm
- Repositioning accuracy 0.03 mm
From your file to cut tube
- Send the drawing — a 3D model of the part or assembly is ideal, but a 2D drawing with the section size and the cut details is enough to start.
- We confirm the section, the grade and the wall — and whether the geometry you have drawn needs any change to cut cleanly and weld well.
- Cutting — each length is loaded, cut end to end and checked against the drawing.
- Downstream, if you need it — welding and fabrication, polishing or PVD on the same order, so the assembly arrives finished.