Industry-specific process recipes, qualification protocols and automation configurations Bystronic applications engineers have built and validated with customers across the demanding end of metal fabrication.
ByVision-driven cut-to-bend handoff compresses drawing-to-first-article for contract fabricators. Bystronic reference sites report material-utilization gains in the 8–14% range once BY Boost-style nesting discipline becomes routine.
Hot-stamped boron cutting with fiber beam, battery tray component production, PPAP-ready capability studies (Cpk > 1.67) built from ByCockpit time-series data. Integration with MES / ERP is standard, not bespoke.
20–30 mm fiber cutting on ByStar Fiber 20 kW paired with ByTube Star for structural sections. Xpert Pro bends chassis brackets with repeatable angle data recorded on every stroke.
Facade panels, elevator components and HVAC ducting produced on ByStar Fiber + ByTower cells for 3-shift output without operator dwell. Reference sites run lights-out night shifts across 15+ part families.
Fiber lasers deliver 30–42% wall-plug efficiency versus 10–15% for CO2, cut thin-to-medium steel 3–5× faster, and have no mirrors or laser gas to replace. For metal-only work, these advantages cut 5-year total cost of ownership by roughly 30–50% in line with Bystronic customer studies.
CO2's 10.6 μm wavelength still delivers cleaner edges on acrylic, wood and thick non-metals. Fiber's 1064 nm reflects off many plastics. For sign shops cutting mixed substrates, CO2 remains the safer single-machine choice — Bystronic will size the honest trade-off rather than up-sell.
Submit a sample part. Our applications lab will return a cut sample, a parameter sheet, a throughput projection for your shift pattern, and a cut-to-bend timeline projection for Xpert Pro pairing.
