Fabco's Trumpf Model TLF-3000 Turbo Laser is designed to cut material up to 1/2“” thick and to tolerances +/- 0.004“”. This kind of accuracy and the speed with which the laser operates allows Fabco to produce in house metal parts and products that other manufacturers must out-source. There is no wait for vendor availability. Fabco's engineering staff designs a part, sends the file to the laser and the cut part is available to the shop or to be shipped the same day. The variety and complexity of laser cut parts are limitless, and bend lines, part numbers or logos can be etched into parts as they are cut.

Similarly, Fabco's application of CNC technology into the manufacture of polymer parts has greatly increased productivity as well as expanded our capability to produce a wider array of parts not attainable by the previous standard of manufacturing processes. By implementing this state of the art technology, Fabco is now able to hold tolerances of +0.002, maintaining a higher level of consistency in our parts than is available anywhere in the industry. Fabco staff has researched the properties of the various plastic materials and offers our customers parts that are uniquely suited to the environment and equipment application and withstand breakdown where others may fail.

This equipment allows Fabco to produce items for our equipment assemblies which would otherwise cost much more. By producing parts faster, more precisely and with less cost than our competitors, Fabco is able to provide a higher quality product while reducing costs to our customers.

Laser Technology

The development of laser systems for use in industrial environments during the eighties marked the beginning of a revolution in material-processing. The high power-density in the spot of the focused laser beam melts almost any material in a fraction of a second. The laser beam works without contact and hence without exerting forces on the work piece. Distortion is minimal and lends itself to processing of thin materials. Lasercutting also produces burr-free edges, can create very narrow kerfs, and works at high feed rates. Being computer controlled laser cutting is a fast, accurate and precisely repeatable method of creating components of all shapes and sizes in small, medium or large batches. Cut widths of 0.2mm are typically achieved in 3mm stainless steel and tolerances range from +/-0.1mm to +/-0.4mm depending on thickness and type of material

Advantages of Laser Cutting

• max utilisation / min waste of sheet due to narrow kerf width & sophisticated nesting

• cost effective - all machining done in one setup

• clean burr free edges - no additional machining needed

• high pressure nitrogen cutting of stainless steel, giving smooth & square oxide-free edges

• coated sheets can be processed

• non-contact precision profiling to +/-0.1mm tolerance

• excellent repeatability & rapid cutting

• rapid cost effective prototyping through to production quantities

• hard tooling & mechanical limitations eliminated

• simple to complex shapes easily produced

• intricate profiles & small holes (e.g., 4mm diameter hole in 10mm thick material)

• minimal or no heat affected zone

• no hard tooling costs

• parts can be marked for identification purposes

• point marking can be placed on the material

• only highest quality materials used (e.g., special low-silicon, laser quality mild steel plates)

• e-mail facility for transmission of your dxf and dwg Autocad files to our CAD Office