For many metal fabrication workshops, production no longer involves only one type of workpiece. Customers may need sheet metal parts today and tube structures tomorrow. If a factory still relies on separate machines for sheet cutting and tube cutting, it often faces higher equipment investment, larger floor space requirements, more complicated workflows, and longer delivery cycles.
The FT Series Single Platform Plate and Tube Laser Cutting Machine is designed to solve this problem. As a compact tube and plate fiber laser cutting machine, it combines sheet cutting and tube cutting in one system, helping manufacturers process more orders with lower investment and better production flexibility.
Why Manufacturers Need One Machine for Sheet and Tube Cutting
Traditional production methods often separate sheet metal cutting and tube cutting into different machines. This increases purchase cost, workshop space, operator training, and maintenance pressure.
The FT Series integrates both functions into one sheet tube laser cutting machine. It can process metal sheets from 3000×1500mm to 8000×2500mm, round tubes from Φ20–210mm, square tubes from Φ20–150mm, and tubes up to 6000mm long. This makes it a practical solution for factories that handle mixed sheet and tube fabrication orders.
Fiber Laser Cutting vs Plasma Cutting
For many workshops, plasma cutting can still handle basic metal cutting tasks, but it often produces rough edges, visible bevels, dross, and a larger heat-affected zone. This usually means more grinding, longer non-productive labor time, and higher deformation risk on thin sheets.
Plasma cutting also requires frequent replacement of consumables such as electrodes, nozzles, and swirl rings. Combined with lower cutting precision, it can cause more material waste and reduce profit margins.
In contrast, the FT Series fiber laser cutting machine delivers cleaner edges, higher precision, faster cutting speed, and more stable batch quality. It reduces dependence on operator skill and helps manufacturers accept higher-value orders that require fine details, better aesthetics, and less post-processing.
Built for Cost Efficiency and Space Saving
The FT Series is especially suitable for factories that want to expand processing capability without adding multiple machines. Its single-platform structure reduces equipment investment while saving more than 50% workshop space compared with separate sheet and tube cutting setups.
For manufacturers looking for an affordable laser cutting machine for metal, the FT Series offers a strong balance between function, cost, and performance. It is ideal for small and medium-sized factories, furniture manufacturers, fitness equipment producers, and mixed metal fabrication workshops.
High Efficiency for Mixed Production
The FT Series allows users to switch between sheet cutting and tube cutting easily. This helps reduce workflow interruption and improves overall equipment utilization. One operator can also manage multiple machines, reducing labor pressure and improving production efficiency.
For B2B manufacturers, this means faster response to customer orders, shorter delivery cycles, and stronger competitiveness in customized metal processing.
Stable Structure for Long-Term Accuracy
A stable structure is essential for any CNC fiber laser cutting machine. The FT Series uses a semi-hollow machine bed designed to reduce thermal interference and maintain cutting accuracy. The bed undergoes multiple heat treatment processes, including high-temperature annealing and aging treatment, helping it remain rigid and deformation-resistant during long-term use.
This structure supports stable operation in daily industrial production and helps ensure consistent cutting quality across both sheet and tube workpieces.
Aviation-Grade Aluminum Beam for Fast Motion
The FT Series uses an aviation-grade aluminum alloy beam, which is lightweight, low-inertia, and suitable for high-speed movement. Its maximum no-load speed reaches 100m/min, with acceleration up to 1G, helping improve dynamic response and cutting efficiency.
This is important for factories processing complex shapes, small batches, and repeat orders where both speed and precision matter.
Self-Centering Chuck for Shorter Tube Tailing
Tube waste is a direct cost for fabrication factories. The FT Series uses a pneumatic self-centering chuck to firmly clamp tubes of different shapes, sizes, and weights without slipping. This improves tube cutting stability and helps reduce tailing waste.
For customers processing round tubes, square tubes, and rectangular tube parts, this design improves material utilization and helps control production costs.
Intelligent CNC System for Easier Operation
The FT Series adopts an intelligent bus-based CNC system with a 21.5-inch touch screen. It is easy to install, debug, and operate, with fast data transmission, low failure rate, and easier maintenance.
For factories upgrading from plasma cutting or traditional mechanical cutting, this intelligent control system reduces the learning curve and supports more stable production management.
Wide Material Compatibility
The FT Series can process carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum alloy, brass, galvanized sheet, silicon steel sheet, electrolytic sheet, titanium, and manganese alloy.
This makes it a versatile metal laser cutting machine for different industries, including:
Fitness equipment manufacturing
Furniture production
Sheet metal fabrication
Kitchen and bathroom hardware
HVAC and refrigeration parts
Agricultural machinery
Construction equipment
Decorative metal processing
Why Choose the FT Series
The FT Series is not only a laser cutter machine for metal sheet processing. It is also a practical laser tube cutting machine for tube fabrication. By combining both functions in one unit, it helps manufacturers reduce cost, save space, simplify workflow, and expand production capability.
For buyers searching for a tube and plate laser cutting machine, tube and sheet fiber laser cutting machine, or single platform plate and tube laser cutting machine, the FT Series provides a cost-effective and reliable option.
Internal Links for Related Products
For high-speed sheet metal processing, view the PH3015 Series fiber laser cutting machine
For ultra-large sheet metal cutting, view the G Series laser cutting machine
For dedicated tube cutting applications, view the TE Series laser tube cutting machine
Conclusion
The FT Series Single Platform Plate and Tube Laser Cutting Machine is a flexible and economical solution for manufacturers that need both sheet and tube processing capability. With one machine, users can reduce equipment investment, save workshop space, improve production flexibility, and achieve cleaner, more accurate fiber laser cutting results.
For factories upgrading from plasma cutting or separate processing systems, the FT Series offers a smarter way to improve productivity, reduce waste, and handle more diverse customer orders.
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