FANUC is an industry-leading provider of CNCs and robotics to support manufacturers and end users with innovative laser cutting solutions. We supply the advanced technology and consistently high standards of performance and reliability required in laser cutting applications. FANUC offers exceptionally advanced laser control products, such as the versatile, six-axis FANUC M-20iB/25 robot, and the 0i-LF Plus, 31i-LB Plus and 30i-LB Plus CNCs for laser cutting.
Dedicated to long-lasting products that offer maximum cutting performance, simplicity, and competitive speeds, FANUC is continuously working to improve, develop, and discover new solutions for manufacturers and end users.
Robotic CO2 lasers precisely cut automotive interior and exterior fabric parts in this automated manufacturing application.
Video courtesy of AG Innovation LLC
A FANUC M‑20 robot uses a FiberCUT® RAa head to focus a fiber laser and cut metal while maintaining automatic nozzle standoff.
Video courtesy of Laser Mechanisms
Four FANUC M-20 robots laser cutting a metal part.
Video courtesy of Shape Process Automation
FANUC has CNC solutions to support your laser machines! The 0i-LF Plus control is perfect for flat material processing. If you have more complicated applications, the 31i-LB Plus and 30i-LB Plus controls provide 5-axis laser cutting capabilities.
FANUC Laser Robots paired with a 3rd party laser source and processing head helps improve the precision and flexibility of applications such as laser cutting and welding. A robot's 6 axes of freedom provides unmatched versatility to any laser system with the ability to touch multiple points at nearly any angle with extreme precision, accuracy and rigidity. Additionally, FANUC has the world's widest range of robot models ready to tackle the challenge for any payload, reach and speed.
FANUC has CNC solutions to support your laser machines! The 0i-LF Plus control is perfect for flat material processing. If you have more complicated applications, the 31-LB Plus and 30i-LB Plus controls provide 5-axis laser cutting capabilities.
With the constant accelerating and decelerating moving from hole to hole, laser machines use lots of energy. FANUC’s efficient servo drive systems can reduce the servo energy consumption by as much as 50 percent.
Look-ahead functions automatically adjusts laser power and axis feedrates to cut high quality sharp corners, which can be challenging in thick material. Accurately adjusting both the laser power level and pulse frequency reduces thermal load and provides uniform and clean edge quality in rounded corners, especially valuable in thin materials.
FANUC’s tracing (Gap Control) function ensures that the distance between the laser cutting nozzle and workpiece surface is kept constant. The CNC is in total control of the Z-axis position, which allows for improved safety, higher processing speeds and programmable nozzle clearances.
FANUC CNC laser commands are processed on the same high-speed fiber optic bus as the axis position loop updates. This ensure extremely tight synchronization between laser power and axis positioning, an essential component for raster type laser etching.
Laser pulse frequencies in excess of 32kHz improve cutting-edge quality and decreases dross, more than halving standard cutting edge roughness in thin materials. The minute laser output control provides ultra-stable laser output at low power levels providing superior quality laser marking capabilities.
On CO2 Lasers machines, FANUC’s patented servo driven “trombone” mirror control ensures that the laser beam length is kept constant from the resonator to the cutting head for more reliable processing, even on a large moving-beam laser machine.
FANUC's new Laser interface functions combines the industry leading software users interface with high speed control hardware that optimizes the laser output based on the robot positioning. Integrated functions for 32kHz pulse control and robot speed based ramping controls the power output through pulse modulation or constant wave providing excellent processing performance and quality for cutting and welding applications.
Adding FANUC handling robots to your laser cutting systems is easy since all FANUC CNC systems and robots share a common control platform. Robots can be integrated quickly and easily into your laser machine processes, with machine/robot connectivity achieved via a standard interface: The CNC’s integrated screens monitor and control the robot and vice versa.
