Machine Overview
Applications depending on number of CNC axes and machine series
| Description of cutting profiles/ Number of CNC axes: | 3 CNC axes | 4 CNC axes | 5 CNC axes | 6 CNC axes | 7 CNC axes | compact series | MP series | |
| Round pipes: mitres, saddle cuts and cut-outs without a constant weld bevel |
X | X | ||||||
| Round pipes: mitres and saddle cuts with a constant weld bevel, cut-outs without a constant weld bevel | X | X | ||||||
| Round pipes: mitres, saddle cuts, and cut-outs with a constant weld bevel |
X | X | X | |||||
| Profiling portfolio as with 5 CNC axes: plus offshore cut in accordance with AWS norm and plus mitre cuts, double mitres cuts and cut-outs with constant weld bevel for box sections | X | X | ||||||
| Profiling portfolio as with 5 CNC axes: plus predetermined shapes for selected girders like U-girders or L-girders with a constant weld bevel | X | X |
Comparison of the main technical differences
between the compact and MP series
| Technical features | compact machine series | MP machine series |
| Application fields: | Workshops, construction sites | Industry |
| Workpiece type: | Round pipe | Round pipe, box section, steel girders |
| Flexibility: | Flexible | Stationary |
| Max. pipe length in mm: | 12,000 | 30,000 |
| Max. pipe weight in kg: | 4,000 | 40,000 |
| Min. pipe diameter to cut in mm: | 60 | 60 |
| Max. pipe diameter to cut in mm: | 800 | 2,500 |
| Max. load of a pipe carriage in kg: | 2,500 | 7,500 |
| Number of axes: | 5 | 6 - 7 |
| Number of CNC axes: | 4 | 6 - 7 |
| Direct communication of the CNC axes with CAD/CAM: | - | X |
| Pipe tracing: | Electromechanical | Laser |
| Drive design: | Standard | High dynamics |
| USP integration: | - | X |
| Torch guidance system: | Azimut torch head | Robot-like torch head |
| Cutting area behind pipe chuck: | - | X |
| Oxy-fuel cutting: | X | X |
| Maximum cuttable pipe wall thickness, oxy-fuel, in mm: | 40 | 90 (150) |
| Maximum torch tilt angle, oxy-fuel, in °: | 60 | 70 |
| Omniflow automatic gas control system: | - | X |
| Preheating torch : | - | X |
| Plasma cutting: | X | X |
| Inverter plasma cutting: | - | X |
| Minimum cuttable pipe wall thickness, plasma, in mm: | 5 | 1 |
| Maximum cuttable pipe wall thickness, plasma, in mm: | 30 | 80 |
| Maximum torch tilt angle, plasma, in °: | 45 | 55 |
| Machine/plasma communication interface : | - | X |
| Library of standard cut macros: | X | X |
| Library of special cut macros like offshore cut: | - | X |
| Negative cutting angle correction: | - | X |
| Start-position optimization: | - | X |
| Joint compensation: | - | X |
| Automatic piercing and piercing optimization: | - | X |