3-Chuck Fiber Laser Tube Cutting Machine – 3000W, 6000W, 12000W

The CK-12035-TS Heavy-Duty Horizontal Three-Chuck Fiber Laser Tube Cutting Machine is a premium industrial solution specifically engineered for the precision processing of medium-to-large-diameter, heavy-wall, and long metal tubes. Combining exceptional cutting capacity, outstanding operational stability, and intelligent automation, it effectively overcomes the limitations of traditional tube cutting methods, such as low efficiency, poor accuracy, and excessive material waste. Designed to meet the demands of diverse industries and complex production environments, the CK-12035-TS provides an integrated solution for high-efficiency, high-precision, and energy-saving tube fabrication.

The machine supports single-pass loading and processing of tubes up to 12.5 meters in length, eliminating the need for segmented cutting. This significantly reduces material handling, improves production efficiency, and avoids accuracy deviations caused by secondary clamping, making it particularly suitable for high-volume processing of long tubes. With a processing diameter range of 20–350 mm, the machine can reliably handle everything from thin-wall round and square tubes to heavy-duty thick-wall pipes. The maximum tube weight capacity reaches 900 kg per tube, while the high-strength clamping mechanism effectively prevents loosening or displacement during machining, ensuring stable and precise cutting performance.

The front, middle, and rear chucks are independently movable, allowing flexible adaptation to tubes of different lengths. The front chuck features an independent feeding function that accurately grips and pulls short remaining sections during long-tube processing, enabling continuous feeding and cutting. This design achieves true zero-remnant cutting, minimizing material waste at the source. The three-chuck system ensures precise positioning and rotation of the tube throughout the cutting process, eliminating vibration and misalignment while significantly improving cutting accuracy, especially for high-precision components and complex tube profiles. To further enhance processing stability, the machine is equipped with a full-stroke automatic follow-up support system. Utilizing high-precision sensors and an intelligent control system, the support mechanism continuously monitors the tube position and cutting status, automatically adjusting its height in real time to maintain close contact with the tube surface. This effectively prevents sagging, swinging, and vibration of long workpieces caused by their own weight, thereby reducing deformation and ensuring dimensional accuracy. An optional weld seam recognition system is available. Equipped with a high-precision vision inspection system, the machine automatically scans and identifies weld seam locations on the tube surface, then intelligently generates an avoidance path to prevent cutting through the weld seam area. This ensures superior cut quality and appearance while eliminating defects that could be caused by weld irregularities. Finished parts feature smooth, burr-free, and clean cutting edges, significantly improving product quality and assembly performance. This function is particularly beneficial for industries with high appearance and precision requirements, such as steel structures, construction machinery, and metal tube fabrication.

The machine is equipped with a follow-up support unloading panel, which provides continuous support for the tube throughout the cutting process. After cutting is completed, finished parts automatically slide onto the unloading panel and are then transferred directly into the collection system below. No manual unloading is required, ensuring both safety and efficiency, particularly in high-volume production environments. Powered by the BOCHU high-performance intelligent bus control system, the machine features an industrial-grade high-speed processor that delivers fast computation and rapid response. The system supports quick import of complex drawings, automatic nesting, and one-click cutting, significantly improving operational efficiency. Its intuitive and user-friendly interface simplifies operation and reduces operator training requirements. An optional professional tube bevel cutting system is available, capable of performing precise bevel cuts up to ±45°. The resulting bevel surfaces are smooth and clean, eliminating the need for secondary grinding. This feature is ideal for applications requiring high-precision weld preparation, such as pipeline fabrication and structural steel welding, helping reduce downstream processing while improving overall productivity. For fully automated production, the machine can be equipped with an automatic loading unit integrated with an intelligent feeding and positioning system. The system automatically completes tube loading, centering, clamping, and cutting operations. With loading times as short as 20 seconds, the entire process can be completed without manual intervention, enabling fully automated, intelligent, and continuous tube processing.

The CK-12035-TS offers exceptional versatility and supports a wide range of metal tubes and structural profiles, including round tubes, square tubes, rectangular tubes, custom-shaped tubes, angle steel, channel steel, H-beams, and many other profile types. Whether processing standard materials or non-standard special profiles, the machine delivers consistent cutting precision and efficiency.

Thanks to its heavy-duty horizontal structure, outstanding load-bearing capacity, high cutting accuracy, and extensive upgrade options, the CK-12035-TS is widely used in industries such as highway guardrail manufacturing, greenhouse construction, steel structure fabrication, construction machinery, agricultural machinery components, municipal infrastructure, fitness equipment, metal tube fabrication, shipbuilding components, and pipeline engineering, providing a comprehensive solution for modern tube processing requirements.

Details of The Heavy-Duty 3-Chuck Horizontal Fiber Laser Tube Cutting Machine

Heavy-duty horizontal dual-girder machine bed

The newly engineered heavy-duty horizontal dual-girder machine bed features a fully welded structure with stress-relief heat treatment, providing exceptional rigidity and vibration resistance. It delivers a stable foundation for long-term heavy-duty cutting operations and ensures consistent machining accuracy.

Maxphotonics (Max) 12,000W fiber laser source

Equipped with a fiber laser source offering up to 12 kW of stable output power, the machine combines excellent beam quality with high electro-optical conversion efficiency, enabling fast, precise, and energy-efficient metal tube cutting.

BOCI intelligent laser head

The BOCI BLT4 T-Series intelligent laser cutting head is specifically optimized for tube processing. It integrates advanced features including 3D sensing, closed-loop autofocus, and protective lens explosion detection, ensuring efficient and reliable cutting performance across a wide range of tube profiles.

When the optional bevel cutting function is selected, the machine is equipped with the BOCI BLT5 H-Series laser cutting head, which is specifically engineered for tube bevel processing. The cutting head supports precise bevel cutting angles of up to ±45°.

Three-chuck design

The three chucks can operate collaboratively or move independently to accommodate various tube lengths. The system supports tube cutting lengths of up to 12 meters. Through alternating clamping and reverse relay cutting between the front and rear chucks, the machine achieves true zero-remnant cutting, maximizing material utilization.

Inovance bus-based absolute servo system

Powered by an advanced EtherCAT high-speed bus communication system and absolute-value encoders, the servo system delivers high responsiveness, precise positioning, and homing-free operation. It provides powerful, stable, and accurate motion control for the 7-axis laser tube cutting machine.

High-precision transmission system

The machine utilizes precision linear guideways combined with high-strength ground rack-and-pinion drives, ensuring smooth motion, superior accuracy, and outstanding positioning and repeatability performance even over long travel distances.

Follow-up support system

The tube support system automatically adjusts its support height in real time according to the tube position, providing continuous and stable support throughout the cutting process and minimizing tube deformation or vibration.

Follow-up flip-tray unloading system

The follow-up unloading support board supports the workpiece during processing and automatically tilts during unloading. Finished parts are gently transferred into the collection system below, effectively preventing damage caused by impact or collision.

Hanli 12,000W chiller

The Hanli 12,000W water chiller features dual independent temperature-control circuits with temperature accuracy of ±1°C. It provides stable and efficient cooling for both the laser source and cutting head, ensuring reliable long-term machine operation.

Winhee AC cooling unit for electrical cabinet

The control cabinet is equipped with an integrated temperature-controlled air conditioning system. By providing efficient cooling and moisture protection, the system helps prevent overheating, condensation, and electrical component degradation, ensuring stable operation, enhanced reliability, and extended service life of the machine's electrical control system.

Smoke exhaust port

A smoke exhaust port is installed next to the cutting head to continuously extract smoke and odors generated during cutting, keeping the work area air clean, while also reducing smoke contamination of the optical lenses and extending the service life of the components.

Automatic lubrication system

The electric lubrication system delivers automatic timed and metered lubrication to transmission components, reducing wear, extending component life, and minimizing maintenance requirements.

BOCHU FSCUT 5000S 7-axis bus control system

The FSCUT 5000S 7-axis bus control system utilizes the EtherCAT communication protocol to support real-time seven-axis control, synchronized three-chuck movement, and zero-remnant cutting. Integrated with TubePro tube nesting software, it enables intelligent processing with high precision, high efficiency, and maximum material utilization for heavy-duty tube fabrication.

BOCHU WKB-V6 wireless handheld controller

The WKB-V6 wireless handheld controller utilizes wireless communication technology, providing greater flexibility and convenience for machine setup, adjustment, and operation while improving overall production efficiency.

Technical Parameters of The 3-Chuck Fiber Laser Tube Cutting Machine

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Application Scope of The 3-Chuck Fiber Laser Tube Cutting Machine

Furniture Hardware Industry

Industry Demands: The furniture hardware industry requires the processing of a wide range of products, including metal table and chair frames, bed frames, office furniture, display racks, and shelving systems. Common materials include carbon steel, 201 stainless steel, 304 stainless steel, aluminum alloys, galvanized steel, and other conventional metals. Due to the diverse product specifications and complex designs, manufacturers demand high dimensional accuracy, smooth cut surfaces, and excellent appearance quality. At the same time, production must support both small-batch customization and high-volume manufacturing while maintaining efficiency and precision.

Reasons for Selection: The horizontal fiber laser tube cutting machine is capable of processing virtually all metal materials commonly used in the furniture hardware industry. It can accurately and consistently cut round tubes, square tubes, rectangular tubes, oval tubes, and various custom-shaped profiles used in furniture manufacturing. The machine delivers high cutting precision and smooth, burr-free edges, eliminating the need for secondary grinding and polishing while significantly simplifying production processes. Whether producing standard components in large quantities or customized parts with complex geometries, the machine fully meets the requirements of modern furniture hardware manufacturing.

Fitness Equipment Industry

Industry Demands: The fitness equipment industry requires large-scale production of components used in commercial and residential exercise machines, including round and square tube handrails, load-bearing supports, custom-shaped connectors, bent tube assemblies, safety guardrails, equipment frames, and high-strength structural components. Common materials include low-carbon steel, medium-carbon steel, premium stainless steel, and aerospace-grade aluminum alloys. These lightweight yet high-strength materials require exceptional dimensional accuracy, structural integrity, assembly fit, and long-term durability.

Reasons for Selection: The three-chuck laser tube cutting machine provides outstanding cutting performance for the wide variety of lightweight, high-strength metals used in fitness equipment manufacturing. The non-contact laser cutting process preserves the original strength and toughness of the material while minimizing deformation, cracking, oxidation, and thermal damage. With excellent dimensional accuracy and optional V-shaped and Y-shaped tube bevel cutting capabilities, the machine fully complies with the stringent manufacturing standards of the fitness equipment industry.

Automotive Components Industry

Industry Demands: The automotive components industry specializes in the production of exhaust systems, chassis and frame tubes, load-bearing structural supports, shock absorber protective sleeves, bus handrails, and various precision tubular components. Common materials include low-carbon steel, high-carbon steel, corrosion-resistant stainless steel, high-strength alloy steel, and lightweight aluminum alloys. As many automotive parts serve critical structural and safety functions, manufacturers require strict adherence to quality standards, including burr-free and oxidation-free cut surfaces that facilitate efficient downstream welding and assembly.

Reasons for Selection: The heavy-duty three-chuck laser tube cutting machine is specifically designed to process the high-strength, high-hardness, and high-precision materials commonly used in the automotive industry. Its exceptional cutting accuracy enables a single machine to efficiently manufacture a wide range of precision tubes and complex structural components. The machine is ideally suited to the automotive industry's requirements for high precision, high-volume production, and standardized manufacturing processes.

Agricultural Machinery Components Industry

Industry Demands: The agricultural machinery components industry primarily manufactures load-bearing frames, protective guardrails, drive shaft protective sleeves, support structures, and auxiliary components for agricultural equipment. Common materials include wear-resistant carbon steel, high-strength alloy steel, galvanized steel, and other corrosion-resistant metals designed to withstand harsh outdoor operating environments. Components in this industry require excellent structural strength, wear resistance, impact resistance, and corrosion resistance. Traditional plasma and flame cutting methods often suffer from poor accuracy, significant thermal deformation, and excessive slag formation, resulting in extensive secondary grinding and finishing operations. Band saw cutting, while accurate, offers limited productivity and makes bevel processing difficult.

Reasons for Selection: The three-chuck laser tube cutting machine delivers exceptional cutting performance for thick-wall tubes and structural profiles commonly used in agricultural machinery manufacturing. It can efficiently process high-strength, wear-resistant, and heavy-duty metal materials with ease. The high-power 12 kW fiber laser can reliably cut wall thicknesses exceeding 12 mm while maintaining smooth cut surfaces and perpendicularity of ≤0.3 mm. The machine supports a wide range of processing operations, including tube cutting, end beveling, sidewall hole cutting, and other complex machining tasks, making it ideal for the diverse product requirements of the agricultural equipment industry. Intelligent nesting software further improves material utilization, while finished components can proceed directly to welding or assembly operations, significantly reducing secondary finishing time.

Steel Structure Engineering Industry

Industry Demands: The steel structure engineering industry manufactures large-scale structural components used in industrial buildings, sports arenas, infrastructure projects, and construction applications. Typical products include load-bearing columns, connecting beams, reinforcement braces, structural trusses, canopy frames, and scaffolding supports. Common materials include carbon steel, alloy steel, and hot-dip galvanized steel. Processing requirements often involve rectangular end bevels, V-grooves, intersecting holes, and multi-angle cuts for truss joints. Due to the large size and strict assembly requirements of steel structures, conventional sawing combined with manual bevel preparation is often inefficient and incapable of delivering consistent accuracy.

Reasons for Selection: The heavy-duty three-chuck fiber laser tube cutting machine is capable of performing precision cutting and bevel processing on extra-long workpieces. The synchronized three-chuck feeding and clamping system, combined with intelligent follow-up supports, prevents bending or sagging even when processing tubes longer than 6 meters. The high-power fiber laser rapidly cuts thick-wall structural steel while maintaining cut perpendicularity of ≤0.3 mm and bevel angle accuracy within ≤0.5°, fully meeting the demanding strength and assembly requirements of steel structure fabrication. The system also incorporates intersection cutting capabilities, allowing precise cutting of intersecting joints for round tubes, square tubes, and structural profiles. Profile four-side cutting is supported, enabling one-step completion of H-beam end bevels and complex structural connection geometries.

Architectural Railing Industry

Industry Demands: The architectural railing industry produces a variety of safety and decorative products for residential, municipal, and commercial construction projects, including stair handrails, balcony railings, road safety barriers, and decorative stainless-steel fencing systems. Common materials include 201, 304, and 316 stainless steel, galvanized steel, and corrosion-resistant carbon steel. These products are often exposed to moisture, sunlight, rain, and other environmental conditions, requiring excellent durability as well as superior dimensional accuracy, surface finish, and appearance quality.

Reasons for Selection: For thin-wall stainless steel tubes, the three-chuck laser tube cutting machine delivers extremely high cutting speeds while utilizing assist gases to prevent discoloration of cut edges. This ensures the high aesthetic quality required for architectural railing products. The auto-clamping-force design securely holds thin-wall tubes without causing dents or deformation, while the automatic centering function maintains exceptional cutting accuracy during multi-section processing of long tubes. This makes the machine highly suitable for mass production of railing posts and crossbars. The machine supports automatic loading, intelligent nesting, and continuous cutting, enabling long tubes to be efficiently processed into dozens of shorter components. For curved handrails and bent tube applications, the three chucks can independently adjust their clamping centers to compensate for tube deformation and achieve precise angled cuts at the tube ends.

Construction Machinery Industry

Industry Demands: The construction machinery industry manufactures critical structural components for excavators, wheel loaders, cranes, and other heavy equipment. Typical products include load-bearing frames, telescopic boom tubes, structural assemblies, and heavy-duty connecting components. Materials commonly used include high-carbon steel, high-strength alloy steel, titanium alloys, and other ultra-high-strength specialty metals. These components must withstand extreme loads and demanding operating conditions, requiring strict welding quality and absolute freedom from microcracks after processing. Processing thick-wall, high-strength steel presents significant challenges. Conventional sawing methods are often impractical, while plasma and flame cutting generate large heat-affected zones that may cause delayed cracking and compromise material integrity.

Reasons for Selection: The heavy-duty laser tube cutting machine is specifically designed for stable and efficient processing of high-strength thick-wall tubes and structural materials. When cutting high-strength steel, the heat-affected zone can be controlled to as little as 0.3 mm, minimizing thermal input and preventing material embrittlement or delayed cracking. This ensures compliance with the stringent safety standards required in construction machinery manufacturing. The three-chuck support system effectively prevents sagging of long tubes, while synchronized three-point centering ensures excellent straightness when processing large-diameter round or square tubes. The machine also supports bevel cutting and intersection cutting, enabling weld-preparation bevels and complex profile joints to be completed in a single operation, significantly improving manufacturing efficiency.

Storage Racking and Shelving Industry

Industry Demands: The storage and shelving industry requires large quantities of structural components for warehouse racks, logistics shelving systems, supermarket display racks, and industrial storage solutions. Typical components include uprights, beams, diagonal braces, and shelf support bars. Common profiles include square tubes, rectangular tubes, C-channels, U-channels, and angle steel, primarily manufactured from Q235B cold-rolled steel and galvanized steel. Rectangular tubes are particularly common and often require high-volume cutting, end punching, slotting, and sidewall hole processing. Traditional manufacturing methods typically rely on sawing and punching operations, making it difficult to achieve both high efficiency and high precision simultaneously.

Reasons for Selection: The high-speed laser tube cutting machine enables efficient mass production of various metal tube components while simultaneously performing cutting, hole processing, and slotting operations. The machine can process more than 20–30 short tubes per minute, while a single long tube can often be completed within 30 seconds. Material utilization can exceed 96%. As a non-contact process, laser cutting eliminates deformation caused by mechanical stress and produces clean, burr-free edges, reducing or eliminating secondary deburring operations. The machine also supports complex features such as custom end slots and sidewall obround holes, making it an ideal solution for the shelving industry's high-volume, multi-specification manufacturing requirements.

Pipeline Engineering Industry

Industry Demands: The pipeline engineering industry manufactures a wide range of components used in natural gas transmission, petrochemical systems, industrial fluid transportation, and related infrastructure projects. Typical products include pipe joints, branch connections, tees, crosses, precision intersecting joints, flange adapters, and transition fittings. Materials commonly processed include stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, brass, copper, and aluminum alloys. Because pipeline components directly affect sealing performance and pressure resistance, manufacturers require extremely precise intersecting cuts, complex connection geometries, and high-quality bevel preparation. Strict standards apply to fit-up accuracy, sealing integrity, surface finish, and pressure-bearing performance.

Reasons for Selection: The three-chuck fiber laser tube cutting machine incorporates an advanced intersection-cutting process library capable of automatically generating programs for orthogonal, angled, eccentric, and other intersecting pipe geometries. It supports saddle cuts, branch pipe intersections, and complex connection profiles with a single operation. The machine's highly accurate bevel-cutting capabilities help ensure superior weld preparation, reducing the risk of leakage or pressure loss after assembly. This makes it ideally suited for manufacturing a wide variety of pipeline fittings and pressure-bearing pipe components.

Outdoor Infrastructure Industry

Industry Demands: The outdoor infrastructure industry requires a wide range of structural components for public facilities, including streetlight poles, billboard support structures, bus shelter frames, EV charging station protection frames, and outdoor signage systems. Common materials include carbon steel, hot-dip galvanized steel, and aluminum alloys selected for their corrosion resistance and weather durability. For example, streetlight poles often feature tapered tube structures that require flange preparation at both ends, maintenance access openings, top-end reductions, and angled cuts. Billboard and signage structures frequently consist of multiple interconnected tubes with complex intersection joints. Products in this industry must satisfy strict requirements for structural stability, corrosion resistance, appearance quality, wind-load resistance, and long-term durability.

Reasons for Selection: The machine's horizontal configuration is particularly advantageous for handling long tapered tubes and oversized structural members. The three-chuck system incorporates adaptive centering technology that automatically compensates for diameter changes along tapered workpieces, ensuring that the cutting head remains accurately aligned with the tube centerline without the need for custom fixtures. Its processing range allows large frames and extra-long structural members to be cut in a single operation, eliminating secondary splicing and reducing structural weak points. The resulting components offer superior dimensional accuracy, structural integrity, and appearance quality, fully meeting the stringent safety requirements of outdoor infrastructure applications.

Ornamental Ironwork Industry

Industry Demands: The ornamental ironwork industry produces decorative and architectural products such as gates, fences, window grilles, stair railings, custom decorative tube components, garden furniture, pergolas, and floral display structures. Common materials include mild steel, galvanized steel tubing, decorative stainless steel, brass, and other highly formable metals. Products in this sector are characterized by intricate designs, complex geometries, artistic patterns, and customized structures. Manufacturers require smooth cutting lines, precise dimensions, excellent symmetry, and superior aesthetic quality. Traditional plasma cutting methods often struggle to achieve the precision and fine detail required for decorative applications while also suffering from lower productivity.

Reasons for Selection: The high-speed fiber laser tube cutting machine can effortlessly create complex decorative geometries, including curves, spirals, contour patterns, floral shapes, and custom artistic designs. The laser-cut edges are smooth, clean, and highly precise, significantly enhancing the visual quality and craftsmanship of finished products. Its ability to produce intricate decorative details with exceptional consistency makes the machine an ideal solution for premium ornamental ironwork manufacturers and high-end custom fabrication projects.