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A fabrication shop’s cutting efficiency has a tremendous impact on overall productivity and profitability. The faster you can turn material into parts and weldments, the happier you’ll make your customers and the better your bottom line will be. Working with tube, pipe, or channel stock, can be especially challenging, and you may be wondering whether you’ll be better off using a semi-automated CNC tube plasma cutting machine or going with a fully automated robotic system.
Here are the key advantages of advanced multi-axis CNC tube plasma cutting machines over fully robotic systems.
1. Less Complexity
CNC tube plasma cutting systems deliver the benefits of best-in-class technology, allowing for easy set-up and repair. They’re designed to meet the rigorous demands of today’s manufacturing environment and provide unprecedented ease of use for your team. While completely automated robotic systems boast the allure of little to no hands-on effort, they can ultimately create more manual work and result in valuable time lost because of their complicated design.
At EMI, we engineer our CNC tube plasma cutting machines to deliver the best of both worlds. They provide the critical automation needed for cutting and machining tube, channel, angle, and flat bar stock efficiently and precisely without sacrificing all-important operator control over the process. Intuitive and simple to maintain, our machines enable you to achieve heightened productivity. And our dedicated factory support team is right here to answer your questions and help whenever you need them.
2. Easier Programming
Software should empower fabricators to do their work more effortlessly. Unfortunately, completely automated robotic systems can be overly complicated and confusing. They might even require you to make changes to your fundamental shop processes before you can attempt to use them to match the productivity of a CNC tube plasma cutting system.
With our proprietary PieceMaker software and an intuitive user interface, our CNC tube plasma cutting machines allow machine operators to easily and quickly key in specifications and get the desired results—without needing to upload digital files. Fabricators get the extensive capabilities and flexibility needed to ramp up production significantly. And in case you were wondering, yes, our machines also seamlessly integrate with Lantek Flex3D software, an industry favorite for automating CNC programming.
3. Pathway to Full Automation
If you want to shift away from doing manual fabrication and embrace more automation in your shop, CNC tube plasma cutting machines create the pathway for a smooth transition. They have the advanced capabilities required for making complex cuts and achieving challenging geometries but unlike robotic systems, they won’t derail your team’s productivity with a steep learning curve.
At EMI, we recognize that the easier and faster you can train your team on a machine’s functions and features, the quicker you’ll experience its benefits. We’ve engineered our CNC tube plasma cutting machines to deliver multi-function efficiency via a simple interface, so your operators can get up to speed and accelerate production in record time.
4. Less Down Time
With complicated robotic systems comes an abundance of things that could go wrong. That could mean frequent episodes of downtime that repeatedly bring your productivity to a grinding halt.
But with EMI CNC tube plasma cutting systems, you can avoid unwelcome surprises that delay projects, let down customers, and hurt your budget. We’ve designed our machines for reliable performance to maximize up-time, so your company can keep up with demand and accomplish more.
5. Uncomplicated Repairs
Robotic systems’ complexity can lead to lofty maintenance costs, long service calls, and the need for frequent calibrations, which can run up quite a tab. In contrast, issues on CNC tube plasma cutting machines are typically easier to diagnose and less expensive and time-consuming to resolve.
EMI has your back if ever you need service and support, but rarely do our CNC tube plasma cutting systems require outside maintenance or repairs. We’ve designed them to make troubleshooting straightforward. As a matter of fact, your own staff can successfully take care of most issues immediately with our support team guiding them over the phone.
And in the event that your machine needs spare parts or consumables, we offer a long list of quick-ship parts and components that usually ship out the same day from our Pennsylvania factory. Without worrying about overseas supply chains or communication barriers slowing things down, you can rest assured you’ll be back up and running as quickly as possible.
6. Lower Cost, Faster ROI
All of the above means lower costs overall and a faster return on your investment when you bring an EMI CNC tube plasma cutting machine into your shop. With smart engineering to reduce complexity and minimize downtime while delivering automated functions and exceptional performance, our machines empower fabrication shops to increase production, take on more work with less labor, and build a stronger bottom line.
Ready for a CNC Plasma Cutting Machine That Will Save Time & Money?
If achieving 10 to 20 times more output than manual fabrication without the complexity and frustration of a fully robotic fabrication system sounds like a win for your business, we look forward to talking with you. Contact us today to discuss how an EMI CNC plasma cutting machine can improve both your productivity and profitability.
