Fiber Laser Cutting Machine

Mazak Optonics Corp. has released the Optiplex Fiber laser cutting series with Zeta 9 technology—a series of six intelligent setup functions and three intelligent monitoring functions designed to significantly reduce operator dependency and improve throughput and cut quality, the company states.

The six setup functions include auto nozzle changing to optimize assist gas usage and maximize job feed rate, auto focus positioning to maximize part quality, focus detection to automatically calibrate reference positions, auto profiler calibration to keep a stable distance between material and the nozzle while cutting, auto nozzle cleaning to reduce operator intervention, and beam diameter control to cut a range of materials by changing the shape of the laser beam.

The monitoring functions are pierce detection to minimize pierce times, plasma detection to monitor and stabilize stainless steel cutting, and burn detection to monitor cutting and notify the operator of poor cutting conditions for mild steel.