Stainless kitchen equipment line: 0.8-3 mm seams welded without filler wire
Who: a stainless kitchen equipment manufacturer in Western Europe producing sinks, work tables and splashbacks. Machine: Xinhong 2000W handheld fiber laser welding machine, water-cooled gun. Problem it solved: 0.8-3 mm 304 sheet was TIG welded with filler wire, so every seam needed post-weld cleaning and the cell could not keep two shifts fed. Before: filler wire and gas were a standing line item and seam cleaning was a manual operation. Now: 0.8-3 mm 304 is welded autogenously with the handheld unit, and the seam is finished straight off the gun. Where the numbers come from: the 2000W handheld specification (5 mm stainless penetration, laser crosshair alignment, water-cooled for shifts above eight hours) and the customer's own consumable cost sheet; the consumable saving is the customer's measurement, not a published performance guarantee.
Application based on customer feedback; individual results depend on materials and production conditions.
