At present, our country’s elevator industry has entered a mature stage. According to statistics, China is the country with the largest elevator consumption and ownership in the world.

As we all know, the common materials used in elevators are stainless steel plates and membrane materials. The finish requirements of these materials are relatively high. With the increasing market demand, the cycle of new elevator products is getting shorter and shorter. There are many kinds of sheet metal parts in the elevator market, and some even need to be customized according to customer needs. There are also restrictions on tonnage and molds. Stamping machine tools sometimes fail to meet the processing needs, and sometimes the mold manufacturing cycle is long, which prolongs the production cycle, so it is gradually replaced by fiber laser cutting machines. So what is the difference between traditional elevator processing and fiber laser technology? How did fiber laser cutting break out the elevator market?

1. Traditional processing methods

In the past, the whole machine factory basically used multi-station punching machines to process plates, mainly including turning, milling, planing, drilling, grinding and other processing procedures. They mainly rely on mechanical external force to use harder tools to complete the stripping process of excess metal layers. The procedures are complex, the workpieces are easily deformed, and a lot of manpower, material and financial resources are consumed.

2. CO2 laser processing method

CO2 laser cutting machine is the first laser processing equipment used in the domestic elevator industry. Using non-mechanical energy such as light, electricity, and chemistry to complete the peeling process of materials, the processing of high-hardness materials can be realized with materials with lower hardness. Compared with traditional processing methods, laser processing has unique advantages such as non-contact, easy processing, safety and environmental protection.

3. Fiber laser cutting machines occupy the elevator market

Elevators are basically made of stainless steel of about 3mm. The use of CO2 laser cutting machines consumes a lot of electricity and gas. The CO2 laser cutting machine has been unable to keep up with the development of the elevator industry due to its high cost and complex debugging. The new fiber laser cutting machine has the advantages of extremely fast speed, ultra-low operating cost, can cut copper, aluminum and other highly reflective materials, and has no external optical path.

Therefore, compared with the traditional processing technology, fiber laser cutting technology has obvious advantages. The cutting speed is accelerated and the production efficiency is improved.