May 2, 2019 - More sheet metal, more parts, more variety. Larger format laser cutting systems enable users to stand out against competitors. Bystronic, Elgin, Illinois, is expanding the ByStar Fiber laser cutting system format to accommodate material up to 8 ft. wide and in lengths of either 20 ft. or 26 ft.

The new ByStar Fiber XL is available in two formats, 6225 and 8025. The larger format on the one hand increases the machine's productivity, because large metal sheets allow the cut parts to be nested more efficiently. On the other hand, this also significantly reduces undesirable raw material remnants. In addition, large parts can be processed without repositioning. Appropriately, the Bystronic BySoft 7 software supports the user in this process with intelligent nesting algorithms. The new ByStar Fiber XL can currently be equipped with the Fiber 6000, 8000 or 10000 laser sources, depending on the user’s requirement.

In addition to cutting applications with extra-wide metal sheets, the ByStar Fiber XL format also enables smaller sheets to be processed by lining them up on the ByStar Fiber’s long cutting table. Users can simply prepare sufficient raw material, in order to subsequently allow the fiber laser cutting system to cut the sheets consecutively without interrupting the cutting process for a longer period of time.

Bystronic also offers the ByStar Fiber in the formats 4020 and 3015.