60+ years Swiss engineering 30+ country service network M² < 1.3 measured beam quality UL · CE · FDA CDRH compliant ByCockpit OEE on every machine
Machine Platform

A Single Engineering Platform Across Cutting, Bending and Automation

Every Bystronic machine ships with a burn-in test report, an ISO 9013-indexed cut sample (or a bend-angle calibration certificate for press brakes), and access to the ByCockpit fleet dashboard.

Tier 01 · Sheet Cutting

Fiber Laser Sheet Cutters

ByStar Fiber 3015 fiber laser sheet cutting machine with Beam Shaping head

ByStar Fiber 3015

Flagship fiber sheet cutter with Beam Shaping cutting head, automatic nozzle changer and closed-gas cabin.

3–12 kW · 3000 × 1500 mm · 180 m/min head
ByStar Fiber high-power 20kW large-format laser cutter for heavy plate

ByStar Fiber 20 kW

High-power fiber for 30 mm mild steel, 25 mm stainless at N2 — validated edge quality for heavy plate.

12–20 kW · 6000 × 2000 mm · N2 high-pressure
ByCut Smart mid-range fiber laser cutter for job shops

ByCut Smart / ByCut Star

Mid-range fiber cutter with documented cut recipes — a productive entry platform for growing sheet-metal job shops.

3–8 kW · 3000 × 1500 mm · Compact footprint
Tier 02 · Tube & Bending

Tube Cutting & Press-Brake Bending

ByTube Star fiber laser tube cutting system with auto-loading

ByTube Star / ByTube 130

Fiber tube and profile cutter, 6–12 m bar lengths, auto-loading and torch-ready sweeping cuts for structural steel.

3–6 kW · Ø 12–254 mm · Auto Loading
Xpert Pro CNC press brake with Laser Angle Measurement

Xpert Pro Press Brake

100–1000 ton CNC press brakes with ByVision Bending, 6-axis back-gauge, Laser Angle Measurement and sectional tooling.

100–1000 Ton · Laser Angle · 6-Axis
Xpert 40 compact press brake for small-batch fabrication

Xpert 40 Compact

40-ton entry press brake for short runs and prototyping — ByVision Bending offline programming included.

40 Ton · 1250 mm · Compact Workshop
Tier 03 · Smart Factory Automation

Loading · Storage · Sorting · Software

ByTrans Modular sheet loading and unloading automation gantry

ByTrans Modular

Automated sheet loading and part unloading — scalable from 1 to 3 machine cells, integrated with nesting jobs.

Load · Unload · Nest-Aware
ByTower pallet storage tower with up to 48 material pallets

ByTower

Multi-pallet material storage tower — up to 48 nest pallets, same-footprint density for unattended night shifts.

Up to 48 Pallets · Unattended Shifts
ByCockpit OEE analytics dashboard on tablet showing machine utilization

ByCockpit & ByVision Suite

Fleet-wide OEE telemetry, energy tracking and CAM workflow — ByVision Cutting + Bending close the CAD-to-shop-floor loop.

OEE · Telemetry · ByVision CAM
Engineering Discipline

Six Disciplines Behind Every Bystronic Machine

These are not brochure adjectives — they are the validation gates on each unit before it ships from Niederönz, Gotha or Hoffman Estates.

01

Swiss Smart Factory Automation

ByTrans + ByTower + ByCell close the loop from nesting sheet to sorted part, documented on a single control platform. Scale from 1 cell to 3-shift lights-out lines.

02

Measured Beam Quality 2 — 30 kW

Every ByStar Fiber and ByCut Smart source is characterized on an ISO 11146 bench before factory handover. BPP and long-term drift records travel with the machine.

03

Integrated Cut + Bend Workflow

Xpert Pro + ByVision Bending share the same CAM model as ByStar cutting. Expected lead-time compression of 28–42% on sheet-metal brackets has been observed at customer reference sites.

04

ByCockpit OEE on Every Machine

Live laser source temperature, axis telemetry, assist-gas consumption and OEE per shift. Bystronic engineers share dashboard access for root-cause work — not a black box.

05

Global Service, Regional Parts Hubs

Certified engineers across North America, EU, China, APAC. Parts hubs in Niederönz (CH), Gotha (DE), Hoffman Estates (IL), Shenzhen (CN). 4-hour remote target, 24-hour critical parts SLA.

06

Long-Cycle Residual Value

Independent auction data places used ByStar Fiber systems at 38–55% of list price at 5 years — reflecting in-place service and documented PM history, not specification marketing.

Watch the Cell

A Lights-Out Bystronic Smart Factory Cell

Ninety seconds from a Swiss reference site: ByTrans Modular brings a nesting sheet to a 10 kW ByStar Fiber, the cut nest flows to a ByCell sorting robot, and the brackets land on an Xpert Pro press brake queue — all scheduled through the ByVision software layer.

Footage anonymized at customer request. Part geometries are representative, not customer IP.

Bystronic smart factory cell video preview
Applications Served

Where Documented Sheet-Metal Process Matters

Bystronic applications engineers have built and validated process recipes with customers across the demanding end of metal fabrication.

01

Sheet-Metal Job Shops

Mixed-material nesting on a single ByStar Fiber, ByVision-driven cut-bend handoff, typical material-utilization gains in the 8–14% band.

02

Tier-1 Automotive

Hot-stamped boron cutting, battery tray laser welding partner integration, PPAP capability studies (Cpk > 1.67).

03

Agricultural & Yellow Goods

Heavy plate 20–30 mm fiber cutting, ByTube structural steel, chassis brackets via Xpert Pro bending with repeatable angle data.

04

Construction Components

Facade panels, elevator components, HVAC ducting — ByStar + ByTower for 3-shift production without operator dwell.

05

Railway & Heavy Transit

Large-format 6 m × 2 m plate cutting, ByTube for structural sections, documented heat-affected-zone data on safety-critical parts.

06

Energy & Electrical Enclosures

Switchgear cabinets, solar mounting rails, wind-tower flanges — Bystronic customers report repeatable-bend yields within documented tolerance bands.

07

Medical & Pharma Stainless

Surgical-grade stainless, cleanroom cart fabrication — Beam Shaping head delivers burr-controlled edges reducing secondary finishing steps.

08

Contract & OEM Fabrication

Part-program reuse across sites via ByVision + ByCockpit; unified operator interface across multi-plant North-America / EU networks.

Validated Outcomes

Process Data From Bystronic Reference Sites

Representative ranges from anonymized customer benchmarks, documented during applications-lab qualification and 12-month field audits. Individual results vary by material mix, nesting discipline and shift structure.

+28%
Throughput vs Legacy CO2

Contract Fabricator · Solothurn, CH

Replaced two 4 kW CO2 cutters with a single 12 kW ByStar Fiber + ByTrans Modular — throughput rose 28% at equivalent operator headcount, and assist-gas cost dropped 41% over a 180-day window.

–34%
Lead Time, Cut-to-Bend

Tier-1 Automotive Bracket Line · Bavaria, DE

ByVision Bending closed-loop with ByStar cutting cut drawing-to-first-article lead time by 34%. Re-CAD iterations for bend allowance effectively eliminated on parametric parts.

1,850
Parts / Unattended Night Shift

Agricultural OEM · Wisconsin, USA

ByStar Fiber 8 kW paired with ByTower achieves a reference rate of 1,850 validated parts per unattended 8-hour night shift at 94% first-pass yield across 18 SKUs.

Sustainability Program

Efficient Machines Are the Sustainability Feature

Bystronic fiber laser architectures convert 30–42% of wall-plug energy into cutting power — approximately 3× CO2 counterparts — measured under ISO 50001-aligned energy audits. Combined with regenerative braking on gantries, LED cabin lighting, closed-loop chillers and ByCockpit energy telemetry, ByStar Fiber systems have posted documented kWh-per-cut reductions in third-party audits at customer sites in 2023–2025.

42%Peak Wall-Plug Efficiency
–38%Energy vs 4 kW CO2 Baseline
2030Net-Zero Operations Target
ISO 14001Environmental Certified
Bystronic sustainable Swiss manufacturing facility with solar panels

Selected Ecosystem Partners & Research Alliances

Siemens
EMPA Swiss Labs
SAP
Fanuc
Fraunhofer ILT
Rockwell Automation
ETH Zürich
From the Applications Blog

Engineering Notes From Niederönz and the Field

Validate Against Your Parts

Book an Applications Lab Trial — Ship Us Your Material

Send a drawing and a sample sheet. We return an ISO-9013-indexed cut sample, a parameter sheet, a throughput projection for your shift pattern and a cut-to-bend timeline projection for Xpert Pro pairing — typically within two weeks.