Bystronic UK welcomed more than 80 customers to its Open House, held from 13th to 15th October at the company’s headquarters and technical centre in Coventry. The main theme, “driving up your productivity”, was broken down into three subsections: maximising shop floor capacity, reducing process costs and increasing overall productivity. It showed how Bystronic’s latest, innovative technologies can help a manufacturer to achieve its productivity objectives.
During the three-day event, Bystronic presented several case studies to illustrate how the latest BySprint Fiber laser technologies can be used to achieve higher levels of throughput. A comparison was made between CO2 and fibre laser technologies and a general increase in productivity of over 80 percent was demonstrated across various materials and jobs. Furthermore, the presentation team was able to show a reduction in equipment operating costs of as much as 51 percent in the best case.
After refreshments, visitors were invited to race a 6 kW BySprint Fiber Laser 3015 in an F1 simulator hired for the event. The laser cutting machine was timed as it cut a racing car profile from a mild steel sheet. The challenge was for each visitor to complete a virtual lap of the Silverstone circuit in a faster time than it had taken the BySprint Fiber to cut out the racing car profile. A bottle of champagne was on offer each day for the visitor who achieved the best time in the simulator. Nearly everybody joined in the fun and there seemed to be some budding racing drivers in the mix; and it also showed how fast the fibre laser really is.
Lunchtime saw an end to the presentations and demonstrations. Visitors stayed to look at the press brakes and waterjet cutting machines. The Xpert 40-tonne, one-metre press brake again received high praise and many positive comments at the show. Visitors were also able to see Bystronic’s powerful software solutions in action, namely BySoft 7 CNC software, the PMC planning and monitoring module and the cloud-based nest optimisation service, Optimizer.
The following week, Bystronic UK ran a dedicated Waterjet Open House on 22nd October and saw 20 customers attend the event in Coventry. Visitors were able to watch applications experts take a part from a 3D model to the finished product and see the parts being costed, quoted and nested and cutting technologies being applied using the latest software. They followed the manufacturing process through every step from abrasive selection to feed rates.
Bystronic UK’s waterjet team also gave presentations on the advantage of waterjet cutting, correct maintenance and selection of abrasives for various applications. Costs, differences, process safety and water treatment all formed part of the content.
Bystronic UK Ltd
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Email: david.larcombe@bystronic.com
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