Punching and lasering:
Tailored to the product, material and batch size

Punching involves using a punching tool to quickly and precisely cut flat parts out of sheet metal. At Ringele, we have modern punching presses with up to 250 tonnes of punching force. Punching is particularly suitable for large batch sizes.

In computer-controlled punching, the sheet metal moves beneath the punching tool. This method thus offers greater flexibility than conventional punching. It is particularly suitable for accurate repeat punching of frequently recurring openings on a sheet-metal part. For CNC punching, as for laser cutting, we use machines with a fully automated warehouse, which take care of every step from loading the raw material to sorting the parts.

Laser cutting makes it possible to cut out a very wide variety of shapes accurately and at high speed. The costs of an accurately dimensioned tool are eliminated, since none is required, regardless of whether the sheet-metal part in question is new or an adaptation of an existing part. This method is suitable for varying batch sizes. For laser cutting, as for CNC punching, we use machines with a fully automated warehouse, which take care of every step from loading the raw material to sorting the parts.

Combined punching/laser cutting provides the dual advantages of CNC punching and CNC laser cutting: In just one work step, it is possible to laser contours, form parts and cut very precise openings with the punching tool.

With a cutting head that moves in all directions, 3D laser-cutting machines can accurately cut even formed sheet-metal parts. We use this technology on objects with complex contours, e.g. for downstream processing of parts that have previously been milled on our 5-axis milling machines.