With Almaty serving as Central Asia’s premier trade, transit, and logistics corridor, demand for modern warehousing infrastructure and heavy-duty storage racks has grown significantly. High-bay pallet racks, automated cantilever systems, and mezzanine warehouse shelves rely heavily on rigid structural tubing—most notably 80×80 mm structural square tubes utilized for vertical columns, crossbeams, and diagonal bracing.
A prominent warehouse equipment manufacturer located in Almaty previously relied on conventional production machinery, combining circular cold saws, mechanical punching presses, and manual drill jigs. However, as international logistics hubs demanded tighter assembly tolerances, traditional fabrication bottlenecks emerged:
Frequent blade wear and saw deflection caused uneven cuts on thick-walled 80×80 mm square steel profiles.
Multi-station processing (cutting followed by manual positioning for punching and slotting) introduced cumulative tolerances exceeding ±1.5 mm.
High secondary deburring and re-drilling labor requirements created severe shipment delays.
To resolve these challenges, the customer invested in the LX-K24 tube cutting laser machine to consolidate cutting, slotting, and bolt-hole perforations into a single automated step.
| Project Parameter | Details & Metrics |
| Machine Model | LX-K24 Industrial Tube Cutting Laser Machine |
| Installation Location | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Client Sector | Heavy-Duty Storage Racking & Logistics Equipment |
| Material Processed | Structural Carbon Steel Square Tubes |
| Profile Dimensions | 80×80 mm (Wall thickness: 2.5 mm – 4.0 mm) |
| Core Machining Tasks | Cut-to-length, interlocking butterfly slots, bolt hole arrays, and mitering |
| Previous Workflow | Cold sawing -rightarrow-Layout marking -rightarrow-Punch press -rightarrow- Deburring |
| New Workflow | Integrated 3D CNC laser cutting in a single continuous cycle |
Prior to upgrading, producing an 80×80 mm upright column required four separate manufacturing stages across three workstations. Punching heavy-gauge square steel often deformed outer tube profiles, causing interlocking teardrop connectors to jam during on-site warehouse assembly.
Additionally, batch cold sawing left heavy metal slag and burrs inside the square hollow sections, demanding manual grinding that slowed down production runs. When regional fulfillment centers ordered custom upright column slot pitches, re-tooling mechanical dies caused prolonged downtime.
The deployment of the LX-K24 transformed the client’s shop floor into an agile, automated fabrication cell:
High-Speed Processing on 80×80 mm Square Tubing:
The LX-K24 is engineered specifically for standard-to-medium structural tubes. Its full-stroke pneumatic chuck system clamps square profiles securely, delivering distortion-free cutting across the entire 80×80 mm surface without requiring jaw changeovers.
Unified Hole, Slot, and Bevel Execution:
Equipped with high-precision motion controls and intelligent CNC nesting software, the machine cuts continuous beam connector slots, mounting holes, and end trim cuts simultaneously. Pitch errors between hole centers are maintained within ±0.05 mm, ensuring bolt-together assembly at job sites.
Spatter-Free Edge Quality:
Utilizing intelligent assist gas modulation and auto-tracking capacitive laser heads, the LX-K24 cuts clean edges without slag buildup inside the tube walls, allowing direct transition to powder coating and welding.
Minimal Scrap and Agile Order Changes:
With software-based parametric programming, operator setup times for new rack shelf heights dropped from several hours to under two minutes, with automated common-line nesting significantly cutting raw tube scrap rates.
Within six months of commissioning the LX-K24 in Almaty, the customer achieved measurable manufacturing milestones:
Production Output Multiplied: Daily output of finished 80×80 mm rack uprights increased by 310%, replacing three separate saw and punch operators.
Cumulative Accuracy: Dimensional assembly tolerance errors were reduced from ±1.5 mm to under ±0.1 mm, eliminating manual slot reaming during warehouse assembly.
Zero Rework Costs: Secondary grinding and manual burr removal were completely eliminated.
Rapid Payback Period: Reduced material scrap, lower blade consumable expenses, and labor consolidation yielded a full return on machine investment within eight months.
A dedicated CNC tube cutting laser machine processes custom hole patterns, teardrop slots, and miters on a single machine bed without physical dies. This prevents mechanical wall deformation on square tubes and allows instantaneous pattern modifications via digital design files.
Yes. The LX-K24 handles an extensive range of tube cross-sections, including round pipes, rectangular profiles, oval tubes, and open structural shapes like channel steel, with fast automated chuck centering across varying geometries.
The LX-K24 includes automated four-sided centering, capacitive non-contact surface tracking, and real-time tube distortion compensation algorithms to ensure hole pitches and slot depths remain uniform regardless of slight raw material variations.
