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Tube laser cutting machine from China

Many machines sold as tube lasers are flatbed sheet cutters with a rotary axis added, and the difference shows up as wasted tube ends, slow loading and profiles the chucks cannot hold.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Dedicated tube machine or sheet cutter with rotary

A dedicated machine has pneumatic chucks travelling along a long bed. A rotary on a sheet laser handles short lengths and occasional work. Ask for a photo of the chucks.

Two chucks or three, and the tail left over

The end of every tube is held by a chuck and cannot be cut. A third chuck shortens that tail. On stainless tube, tail length is a running cost. Get it in millimetres, in writing.

Profiles and weight the chucks accept

Round, square, angle and open sections need different jaws. Ask the smallest and largest section and weight per metre.

Loading and unloading

A bundle loader and unloading table are often options. Without them the operator feeds tubes by hand and the laser waits.

Tube nesting software

Tube cutting needs its own software that reads 3D files and nests parts along a tube. Ask for a full licence in your name.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Every section you cut: shape, size, wall thickness, material and share of hours.
The stock length your supplier delivers, which sets the bed length.
Whether you need bevel cuts for weld joints, which needs a 3D head.
Your drawing format, so the factory confirms its software imports it.
Floor length for bed, loader and unloading table in one line.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
Cut a full stock length of your most common tube into your parts, filmed without edits.	The tail is no longer than the contract figure and parts sit inside the agreed tolerance.
Cut your smallest and heaviest section, including one open profile.	Both clamp without marking, run without slipping and measure inside tolerance.
Import one of your own 3D files into the supplied software.	The file opens without redrawing and cut parts match it.

The documents that must arrive with it.

EU Declaration of Conformity for this serial number naming 2006/42/EC, or Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 for delivery from 20 January 2027, plus 2014/35/EU and 2014/30/EU.
The laser class of the whole machine under EN 60825-1, the standard applied such as EN ISO 11553-1, and a risk assessment covering the loading area.
Software licence in your name, chuck jaw drawings and the manual in the language of use.

The one people forget. Chuck jaw drawings. When a jaw wears or you add a profile, a local workshop needs them.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

Tube is a small share of your work and most parts are flat sheet.

A fiber laser cutting machine with a rotary axis, and accept a longer tail on the tube jobs.

You cut heavy structural sections and thick wall pipe, and edge finish is secondary.

A CNC plasma cutting machine with a rotary, which costs less on thick wall.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 17Seventeen priced marketplace listings for tube or pipe laser cutting machines, checked September 2026, gave asking prices from US$1,980 to US$75,000. Eight of the 17 were sheet machines with a rotary axis, combined plate and tube machines, or plasma. These are asking prices, not landed cost.
Listings · 5Five of those listings named a range of laser powers, for example 1,000 to 6,000 W, under a single price. Stated tube lengths were 6 m, or 6 to 9 m.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.
GAPGAP - no listing we checked stated the tail length in millimetres. Asking three factories for it in writing would close this.

Related machines.

Fiber laser cutting machine. Choose the fiber laser cutting machine when flat sheet is most of your work and tube is occasional.
CNC plasma cutting machine. Choose the CNC plasma cutting machine when thick plate and heavy sections matter more than edge finish.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Metal & CNC page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European tube laser cutting machine: what is the difference?+

Sources and heads often come from the same makers. The differences are chuck design, tail length, loader and software. Compare those, not wattage.

What goes on a tube laser cutting machine inspection checklist?+

Nameplates, chuck count and jaw sets, a measured tail on your tube, your sections cut to tolerance, the loader running, interlocks and the licence.

What CE documentation does a tube laser cutting machine need?+

A Declaration of Conformity for the whole machine including loader, a stated laser class and a manual in your language. A brochure CE mark proves nothing.

Who is the EU importer of a tube laser cutting machine?+

Buying directly from a Chinese seller normally makes you the importer, responsible for checking the documents match the machine.

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