Suzhou Guantuo
Plate and tube production
Guantuo added separate high-power plate and tube lasers to expand contract-processing capacity and reduce transfers between machines.
Project at a glance
Customer
Suzhou Guantuo
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Application
Contract sheet-metal and tube processing
Installed equipment
ULF13032 · 30 kW plate laser; ULT12036 · 12 kW tube laser
The production challenge
Guantuo serves contract sheet-metal work in the Yangtze River Delta. Its casebook describes growing demand for heavier plate parts and more complex tube work that challenged its earlier equipment and process route.
The former plate-cutting route relied on lower-power oxygen cutting. Tube work passed through sawing, punching and manual deburring, with repeated transfers and positioning contributing to scrap and processing time.
The machine and workflow
The company installed a ULF13032 plate laser at 30 kW and a ULT12036 tube laser at 12 kW. The case describes air cutting for the relevant plate orders and bringing tube cut-off, holes and edge processing together on the tube laser.
Faster cutting changed material handling. The reported team grew from two to three people, including a dedicated parts picker for sorting and removal.
Reported results
Reported processing cost
CNY 2,000 → 1,200/t
The casebook's comparable-order calculation reports a 40% reduction. It does not specify every included cost or the exact plate thickness.
Reported yield
70% → 95%
The case describes an improvement in its tube-processing context after reducing multi-machine transfers.
Two complementary systems
30 kW + 12 kW
A plate laser and a separate tube laser address different workpieces in the customer's route.
ADH's casebook reports these figures for Guantuo's production setting. Compare material, thickness, gas, labour, handling and the included cost items when evaluating a similar investment.
Inside the customer project
Plate components and tube sections illustrate the two production routes.
Guantuo's owner discusses cutting cost, capability and technical support.
From the customer
The 12 kW tube-cutting machine has expanded the range of orders we can take and our processing capability.
Xiong Bin · Business owner, Suzhou Guantuo
Apply this to your parts
Define plate and tube workloads separately. Compare materials, gas, required finish, loading, sorting and downstream work alongside cutting cost.
Source: ADH customer casebook, compiled 24 April 2026, pp. 32–38. Customer quotes are translated from the Chinese interviews.
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