FORMING AND FABRICATING AUTOMATION
Elevating Tube Fabrication to New Heights Q uebec, Canada-based throughput and productivity, on the shoulders of a vast array of new tube- cutting and -forming technology housed in new 100,000+-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant. manufacturer LG Cloutier takes its contract metal-fabrication business to new levels of A desire to grow based on performing difficult work led, early in 2024, to LG Cloutier, L’Islet, Quebec, Can- ada, investing in yet more metal-fabrication technol- ogy, this time a fiber tube-laser cutting machine, BLM Group’s LT8.20. This behemoth, designed to process tubes and profiles 0.5 to 9.45-in. dia. and as heavy as 27 lb./ft., features a pair of material loaders that LG Cloutier can position at the front or rear tube bundle. The front loader is a step loader that automatically
can load different profiles in a programmable sequence.
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The BLM LT8.20 fiber tube laser features a pair of material loaders (the rear rated to 11,000 lb. of material and the front a step loader) and can cut tubes and profiles 0.5 to 9.45-in. dia. and as heavy as 27 lb./ft. The machine runs a dual-core fiber laser, a setup BLM dubs 5+3 AMB: a 3-kW setting for cutting carbon-steel work, and a 5-kW setting for stainless steel, aluminum and copper alloys.
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