Tube laser capacity is set by chuck configuration far more than by laser power, so the table below is organised by machine class — and it includes the figure that decides whether you buy a dedicated tube machine at all: remnant per stick.
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Shapes a tube laser will cut (All Metals Fabrication): round tube, square tube, rectangular tube and oval tube, plus angle, channel, beams and custom extrusions. The machine is not limited to closed section — open structural shapes are within scope, which is what makes a tube laser a weldment-prep machine rather than just a tube cutter.
The remnant number is the buying case. If you run tube in volume, the 2–3 ft per stick that a hybrid rotary throws away is usually a bigger annual number than the price difference between the two machine architectures. Work it out on your own stick count before deciding.
Publish chuck configuration, maximum profile, usable infeed and outfeed, loader options and tolerance only from the exact tube-laser datasheet and written quotation
Sources: Hytek Tools, How To Choose A Fiber Laser Tube Cutter (chuck configurations, diameters, lengths, bundle loader) · All Metals Fabrication, What Kinds Of Material Shapes Will Tube Lasers Cut (shapes, size range, length, tolerance) · ADH Machine Tool, Tube Laser vs Sheet Metal Laser: Choosing The Right Machine Architecture (remnant comparison). Figures are the publishers', not UmproTech's.