Port City Plate Burning, Tulsa, OK runs two 10 foot wide Tanaka lasers on one rail system 240 feet long. “More and more customers spec laser cutting because it eliminates downstream operations,” says PCPB President, David Carter. “We had no laser work when we bought our first Tanaka laser in 1998. Now our 3 Tanaka Lasers are 15% of our capacity, yet produce 33% of our work…We run them 24/7 and have achieved over 69% efficiency. Tanaka’s high-speed piercing, plus low labor and consumable costs, help us compete with gas/plasma-cut parts up to one inch thick.”

The Future of Plate Fabrication is Here.

If you process large, thick plate, you need a Tanaka. Tanaka plate lasers offer many advantages over traditional methods, take a look;

Downstream Savings Over Plasma — In up to one inch plate Tanaka's square edges and tight dimensional accuracies eliminate or simplify skeleton removal, grinding, drilling, welding, and assembly.
Larger Beds Than Other Lasers — Tanaka's LMXII serves stationary beds 8 to 20 feet wide to process mill-size sheets of heavy metal
Unattended Operation — No other travelling-gantry system can cut up to 16 sheets, unattended, with no nozzle changes between sheets thicknesses
High Productivity — Typical Tanaka users achieve 70% efficiency in actual production. High-speed piercing, and low consumables contribute to this high rate.