P-Pro: a 5-axis bevel tube laser cutting machine for weld prep

What it is

The P-Pro is a tube laser built for one job: cutting parts that need an angled edge prepared for welding. A standard tube cutter makes a square cut. The P-Pro adds the extra axes of motion at the cutting head, so it can tilt the beam and cut a bevel directly into the end or the contour of the tube.

Here is how it works on the floor. You load the tube and load the program. The five-axis head positions the beam at the angle the weld needs and cuts the bevel as part of the same pass that cuts the part to length and adds any holes or slots. The part comes off the machine with the weld prep already done. You do not move it to a separate beveling machine, and your welders do not grind the edge by hand.

The angle and the cut path live in the software. That is the point of how we design our machines: take the complex geometry off the operator and put it in the program, so the person running the machine learns it in a day. You set the job up once, and the machine repeats the same bevel on every part.

Who it’s for

This machine is for shops that weld tube and are tired of preparing edges twice. If your parts need beveled or chamfered ends for strong welds, and you are running that prep as a separate manual or secondary step, the P-Pro folds that step into the laser cut. That is where you get your labor and time back.

It fits metal tube fabricators, and shops in automotive, motorcycle, furniture, and structural work where joint quality matters and volume is steady enough that hand-beveling is slowing you down. If you only cut square ends, a standard tube cutter is the better spend. If your weld quality depends on edge prep, this is the machine worth talking to me about.

EL— Eric Liu, General Manager, BNL Laser