Investment in a new automated laser cutting system and associated software has doubled manufacturing capacity for swarf management systems produced by LNS Turbo’s factory in Wombwell, near Barnsley.
4 kW PHOENIX FIBER LASER WITH COMPACT TOWER AUTOMATION SYSTEM
The investment includes a 4 kW Phoenix fiber laser equipped with a 10-pallet Compact Tower for storing sheets and finished parts. Also included in the package are 135 ton/4-meter Easy-Form press brake and the CADMAN® software suite.
These latest machines join an existing Easy-Form press brake – which has been retrofitted to be fully compatible with the latest software – and a compact Dyna-Press electric press brake.
The new investment coincided with a change of ownership of the LNS group – which is now part of Swedish investment group Storskogen – and a new market approach. This has changed the strategy from making one-off machines for end users to targeting machine tool OEMs and dealers where it could achieve economies of scale, and this required it to ramp up its manufacturing capacity.