PRECISION FIBER LASER CUTTER FOR METAL

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You can refer to our tested Thunder AccuMetal 1500W Cutting Parameters for recommended starting settings across stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum, and brass. The table includes material thickness, cutting speed, power, assist gas and pressure, nozzle, focus position, piercing settings, and other key process parameters. Actual settings may require fine-tuning depending on material grade, surface condition, gas supply, and your specific cutting requirements. View the 1500W Cutting Parameters →

Yes. Thunder AccuMetal is designed with production expansion and future integration in mind. Customers can add an optional camera for vision-based workflows and an optional rotary interface and rotary attachment for cylindrical workpieces.

The machine control platform also supports external-device functions, providing a foundation for more integrated production workflows as manufacturing requirements grow. This makes AccuMetal suitable not only for stand-alone metal cutting, but also for businesses planning future upgrades in material handling, vision, rotary processing, or automation.

The exact integration method depends on the required device, production workflow, and machine configuration. If you are planning an automated cell or a specific external-device connection, the integration requirements should be reviewed with Thunder Laser before the system is configured.

Thunder AccuMetal combines industrial laser control with intelligent software and cutting functions designed to reduce repetitive setup and make production easier to manage.

• Automatic edge finding helps detect material position before cutting.
• One-click nesting simplifies part layout on the sheet.
• Material parameter presets help speed up setup and job changeovers.
• Dynamic follow-up autofocus is controlled through the machine system during processing.
• Intelligent flowing cutting supports smoother cutting workflows.
• Autonomous obstacle avoidance helps reduce interruptions during processing.
• Shared-edge cutting allows adjacent parts to share cutting lines where appropriate.
• Lead-in and lead-out control supports more controlled cutting starts and finishes.
• Three-level piercing and piercing slag discharge provide additional piercing-process control.
• Traceless micro-jointing helps stabilize thin-sheet parts during complex cutting.

Together, these features make AccuMetal better suited to high-mix production where operators frequently change parts, layouts, materials, and job settings.

The Thunder AccuMetal Series supports air, oxygen, and nitrogen as assist gases, giving users flexibility to configure the cutting process for different metal applications.

The machine includes a digital gas-pressure display for easier process monitoring. Oxygen pressure can also be adjusted through the machine control system, helping operators manage gas settings directly within the cutting workflow.

The correct assist gas should be selected together with the material type, thickness, laser power, and required cutting result. Because different jobs may require different process conditions, Thunder AccuMetal is designed to support multiple gas options rather than limiting users to a single cutting method.

An optional air compressor is also available for customers who want to build compressed-air cutting into their production setup.

The Thunder AccuMetal Series reaches cutting speeds of up to 500 mm/s (30 m/min) and provides ±0.02 mm repeat positioning accuracy. AccuMetal 24 supports acceleration up to 2G, while AccuMetal 51 supports up to 1.8G.

These specifications support fast positioning and repeatable machine motion across jobs that involve multiple parts, frequent file changes, or repeated production runs.

It is important to distinguish repeat positioning accuracy from guaranteed finished-part tolerance. Final part accuracy also depends on the material, geometry, cutting parameters, thermal effects, assist gas, and the specific process used for the job.

There is no single maximum cutting thickness that applies to every metal. With the standard 1500W fiber laser, cutting capability varies according to the material type, material grade, assist gas, process settings, and the required edge quality.

Thunder AccuMetal process development currently covers carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and brass at 1500W. Different materials require different cutting parameters, and a thickness that can be cut through is not always the same as a thickness that delivers the desired production-quality edge.

For this reason, thickness should always be evaluated together with the application requirements rather than as a standalone number. If you provide the material, grade, thickness, and expected cut quality, the Thunder Laser team can recommend the appropriate configuration and cutting process for your application.

The Thunder AccuMetal Series is designed for cutting a wide range of commonly used sheet metals, including carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum alloy, copper, galvanized sheet, and brass.

This makes the platform suitable for applications ranging from precision components, brackets, panels, fixtures, and electronic tooling to signs, medals, decorative metal products, jewelry components, and customized metal parts.

Cutting performance is not determined by the material name alone. The achievable thickness, edge quality, cutting speed, and process settings depend on the specific material grade, laser power, assist gas, and required cutting result.

For production applications, we recommend confirming the exact material grade and thickness so the appropriate cutting process and machine configuration can be matched to the job.

AccuMetal 24 and AccuMetal 51 share the same core Thunder AccuMetal platform, but they are designed for different working-area and production requirements.

• AccuMetal 24: 610 × 610 mm working area, 620 × 620 mm maximum material size, up to 2G acceleration, and a 500 kg maximum table load.
• AccuMetal 51: 1300 × 1300 mm working area, 1310 × 1310 mm maximum material size, up to 1.8G acceleration, and a 1000 kg maximum table load.

Both models provide cutting speeds of up to 500 mm/s (30 m/min) and ±0.02 mm repeat positioning accuracy.

AccuMetal 24 is the more compact choice for smaller precision parts and space-conscious production environments, while AccuMetal 51 provides substantially more working area for larger components, larger sheets, and more versatile production.

The Thunder AccuMetal Series is a professional fiber laser metal cutting platform designed for precise, efficient sheet-metal production. It combines fiber laser cutting power, industrial motion and control, assist-gas processing, intelligent cutting functions, and production-focused material handling in one system.

AccuMetal is designed for businesses that need to bring metal cutting in-house, handle frequent job changes, or produce a wide variety of parts without dedicated tooling. Typical users include precision component manufacturers, small job shops, SMT and electronics manufacturers, sheet-metal fabricators, electromechanical equipment manufacturers, and businesses expanding from non-metal laser processing into metal products.

The series is particularly well suited to high-mix, low-volume, customized, and small-batch production, where precision, fast changeovers, and flexible workflows are more important than large-scale heavy-plate production.