For decades, CINCINNATI laser cutting machines were built upon the same frame. The architecture suited our CO2 systems well, but the rate at which fiber technology changes made it apparent that we needed a new platform. In February 2019, our team had the first meeting with a blank whiteboard. A mere 8 months later, it’s official: The CLX fiber laser cutter is here.

When Chris Curtis took over RC Industries in 1994, the company was in disarray. Fresh off an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Curtis immediately identified a few reasons for the company’s stagnation.

Based in the heart of the Midwest near Rockford, Illinois, Pro Arc fabricates steel, aluminum and stainless. The team has a passion for custom and prototype work and lives for the challenges that come through the door.  Here’s how Pro Arc expanded their in-house fabrication capabilities with a brand-new CINCINNATI laser cutter, the CL-965.

Built by our partners at nLIGHT® (a global leader in fiber laser technology), the Corona’s groundbreaking innovation is its programmable all-fiber beam quality. The result is what makes the CL-900 so special: optimized machine tool performance across various metals and thicknesses.

CINCINNATI’s new Corona laser technology allows optimal thick and thin metal cutting, higher cutting speed and quality, and improved piercing and small-feature processing with the same tool.

There are roughly 60,000 active CINCINNATI machines in the wild. Many were built this century. But some? Some are nearly a century old.

CINCINNATI uses a FARO Laser Tracker to measure the accuracy of large pieces before we go to final assembly.

When BJ McDonald, Facilities Manager and Co-Owner at Midland Metal Products, was shopping for a new laser cutting system, he was not a brand loyalist. With a need for a no-nonsense, low maintenance solution that could handle it all, McDonald did not care what company it came from. He just needed it to be the best.