GEHA fulfills a long-cherished wish

Smarter 2D laser for enormous order volumes

GEHA fulfills a long-cherished wish

Dutch industrial air-cooling supplier invests in MasterLINE laser cutting machine

Published 22.01.2025

 

 

Unternehmensprofil:

GEHA B.V.
Veilingstraat 527833 HN Nieuw-AmsterdamNetherlands

In 1957, GEHA began manufacturing various products, such as small fans and industrial concrete mixers. Over time, the company, based in Nieuw Amsterdam, a village in the northeast of the Netherlands, has specialized in the development, production, supply, and maintenance of industrial air cooling systems. With its custom-made products, the supplier serves customers worldwide in the energy sector and the (petro)chemical industry.

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Operator of the laser cutting system after successful training  
Machine operator Ancilla started at GEHA as a cleaner and then worked in the warehouse department. After successful training, she now operates the new laser cutting system.

 

Anlagenprofil:

MasterLINE series
  • Working area 3,000 x 1,500 mm
  • 2D laser cutting
  • IPG fiber laser with 6 kW cutting power
  • Fully automatic shuttle table

Due to the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), data centers are springing up like mushrooms worldwide. Numerous special fans are needed to cool them. So many that their manufacturer – GEHA from Nieuw-Amsterdam – was able to fulfil a long-cherished wish: the purchase of its own laser cutting machine. The decision was made in favor of the fiber laser of the MasterLINE series from ACCURL with 6 kW power.

GEHA is one of the largest European suppliers in the field of industrial air cooling. The company, which is based in Drenthe – a province in the northeast of the Netherlands – develops, produces and supplies components for cooling industrial processes. Fan housings up to a diameter of over seven meters and components such as drives, bearing blocks, blind flaps and air boxes form the core of the extensive portfolio. These products are used, for example, in cooling systems in the energy and (petro)chemical industries – and thus also in data centers.

Major order enables investment

In this growth market for fans, GEHA has secured a major project that will run for an entire year. Every week, 30 specially developed fans are produced, ten of which fit into a shipping container. An order with many positive consequences: for example, the number of employees has risen from 25 to 45 in a short time. In addition, the project made it possible to concrete the long-planned desire for our own laser cutting system. "For us, it was a question of now or never," says Pieter Tent, head of technology at GEHA. "This order was so big that it was important to bring the cutting in-house for that reason alone." So far, all cut parts have been purchased from the company. However, the quality varied from cutting company to cutting company. In addition, there were long delivery times, high transport costs and purchasing meant an immense amount of time. With the certainty of the large order, the company dared to invest and started looking for the right cutting solution in terms of ease of use and reliability.

MasterLINE convinces at the trade fair

At the TechniShow, a trade fair for industrial manufacturing technologies in Utrecht, Tent saw the MasterLINE fiber laser for the first time at his long-standing supplier Tuwi (ACCURL partner in Benelux) and immediately liked the system: good quality, a complete enclosure and smoke extraction. "As a technician, I saw all the European components: motors, drives, linear guides." He was also convinced by the price of the smart laser. "We are not a contract cutter, but only cut for ourselves. You have to be able to take that into account." Then things went quickly: Configuration of the laser with 6 kW power for the cutting of mainly sheet steel with 8 to 15 mm, signing of the purchase contract and only two months after the trade fair, the system was installed at GEHA. "We put Tuwi under a lot of pressure. Because we didn't just want the machine today, but yesterday. After all, the data center project had already begun and we were still in the process of buying the cutting parts for it," Tent reported, adding: "It all happened surprisingly quickly. After only one and a half weeks, the first parts were ready. We now cut all our parts on this machine and are very happy with it."

 

 

"It all happened surprisingly quickly. After only one and a half weeks, the first parts were ready. We now cut all our parts on this machine and are very happy with it."


Pieter Tent

Head of Technology | GEHA B.V.

 

 

THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MASTERLINE LASER CUTTING SYSTEM AT A GLANCE:

Powerful laser cutting machine of the MasterLINE series with 6 kW cutting power

For the precise and fast 2D cutting of sheet metal made of 8 to 15 mm steel, the Dutch company GEHA relies on the MasterLINE laser series. The company opted for a version with a processing area of 3,000 x 1,500 mm and an automatic shuttle table for loading and unloading the sheets.

 

 

 

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