World Machinery experiences high demand for new Mitsubishi laser processing machines
09/05/2011 World Machinery Ltd
Having launched the new 4.5kW Mitsubishi laser processing machine to the UK market at an exclusive VIP event held at World Machinery's new Shropshire showrooms, the company's sales team was extremely pleased to have sold the first machine by the second day of the event. Interest levels are very high and three more sales are now in the process of being completed as a result of the impressive demonstration put on by the Mitsubishi machine and World machinery's engineers. The immediate demand for the extremely precise ML3015LVP-45CF-R sheet cutting system is being attributed to the quality of finish, quick set-up times and a very low cost of ownership thanks to reduced gas consumption and significantly lower energy and servicing costs.World Machinery's Managing Director Mr Wayne Hipkiss commented on the event, "We are delighted that the reaction to this machine has been so positive and so emphatic, the demonstrations we were able to give showed some amazing achievements; such as perfect 2mm diameter holes cut in 12mm steel plate, thick Aluminium cut so precisely many visitors thought we were showing examples of water jet cut products - until of course they saw us produce them live. The speed of the machine is also quite incredible, with a head speed of up to 10m sec. The low running costs combined with Mitsubishi's legendary reliability is making the machine a great proposition for manufacturers as well as sheet metalwork sub-contractors." Andy Naylor, UK Sales Manager for World Machinery adds, "We have specialised in supplying a huge range of punch presses, laser cutting machines and other CNCs for many years, so we offer the Mitsubishi machines with a very balanced attitude towards satisfying our customers' needs. In many instances this is proving to be the best machine for their application, the low running costs; plus a favourable finance package is proving very hard to compete with."
"Where routine replacement wear parts can total tens of thousands of pounds on other laser machines - the Mitsubishi is in the scale of hundreds of pounds, even after many thousands of hours in operation. Simple user operation and top quality components also mean operators will be up-to-speed very quickly and waste kept to an absolute minimum."
"The machine uses a cross-flow laser design and a mirror based beam transit system, coupled with a fantastic beam stabilisation that ensures there is no loss of cutting power even at the furthest reach of the 4 x 2 meter bed. It offers the best of both worlds as we see it; the proven technology of the Mitsubishi beam transit system, that also makes the machine nearly £100,000 cheaper than some of the recently launched, and as yet, long-term, unproven fibre-optic transit machines, with the higher precision of the cross-flow laser."
Also being demonstrated at the machine launch event was an innovative CAD/CAM package from Lantek, a partner company for World machinery. Designed specifically to allow easy integration of laser machines into existing production facilities it allows virtually any existing CAD platform to work seamlessly with the machine, as well as set-up and execute jobs either created by, or imported into, the Lantek software platform.
Rob Powell UK Managing Manager commented, "It was an impressive event with senior people from Mitsubishi in Europe and Japan attending and a stream of very serious potential customers. We were able to help demonstrate how the Lantek Expert Cut product offers features specially designed to automate the programming of sheet metal cutting machines. It is the result of more than 20 years experience in close collaboration with both manufacturers and users of these types of machines. It perfectly combines machine technology with customers' programming and management requirements and we have a very strong track record of providing software support and integration for machines sold and commissioned by World machinery, enabling customers to get up and running straight away with their new machine."
The ML3015LVP-45CF-R incorporates some of the very latest breakthroughs in gas-discharge laser machine design. Contemporary, innovative control technology has been combined with an ultra-rigid machine frame and high-speed drive system, enhancing the processing ability of thin materials at high speeds.
The machine's Beam Stabiliser and Clean Optics Path technologies improve processing performance and provide long-lasting stability over the entire work area. And from a safety and workplace perspective, a full machine cover prevents entanglement with machinery or beam reflection, while a sophisticated dust-collection system offers on-the-spot dust collection during processing.
Rated at 4.5kW, the new machine is more powerful than its contemporaries but exhibits lower running costs, thanks to its innovative cross-flow laser head and its gas-sealed resonator, which requires a third less CO2. Its Just-On-Time discharge system also dramatically reduces power consumption while the beam is off. To watch the ML3015LVP-45CF-R in action, why not watch the video on the World Machinery website.
Wayne Hipkiss concludes, "Bringing this machine to the UK market has already paid dividends for us, Mitsubishi and our customers. The popularity of the demonstration event and the number of requests we have received for another date will mean that we will hold another event later in the year, and again provide exclusive access to key technical, sales and software support personnel on the day, while demonstrating the full capability of this machine."
"There is no substitute for seeing a machine in action if you are considering a purchase, so we believe having a fully commissioned demo machine at our showrooms is the right way to go, we have even been asked to provide contract cutting work on our demo machine, something we are happy to do to help-out a customer, but ultimately the strong interest in purchasing these machines proves how competitive they are going to make our customers, whether they are original equipment manufacturers or sub-contract sheet metal cutting companies. To sell four machines in the first week of them being on sale is unprecedented."
For further information, please contact Wayne Hipkiss:
World Machinery Ltd, Alverley Industrial Estate, Alverley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 6HG Tel: +44 (0) 1746 780154 Fax: +44 (0) 1746 780464 Email: sales@worldmc.co.uk Web: www.worldmc.co.uk
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