VANAD 2000 - Thermal Cutting Machines

Vanad 2000 a.s. Your Vision – Our Machines with a Tradition of 25 Years

Vanad is a traditional, purely Czech family firm specialising in the development and manufacture of highly efficient, easily affordable CNC plasma cutting machines of modern design for precision thermal cutting of material.

The company owes its existence to the fact that at the time of its inception, machines manufactured worldwide were structurally complicated and expensive and those manufactured in the Czech territory in the 1990s were conceptually obsolete. That is why Luboš Miřátský and Karel Čajčík designed and assembled a simple lightweight machine. Very soon even large domestic firms start to show interest in them, the success story began. Today, all three sons of Luboš Miřátský work in Vanad. The two elder sons took over the management of the company and the youngest is a development technician.

Industry 4.0 and the Company´s Prospects “We endeavour to manufacture machines with simple, intuitive control and maximum elimination of human error. The current trend is robotics, full automation of the production lines, and the Industry 4.0 system. Thanks to the open B&R control system we can offer customers a machine for the shape cutting of material with additional functions according to their individual requirements, for example, connection with the racking systems or robots, and the subsequent creation of a fully automated CNC workplace. With the support of a wide range of industrial buses, we can fully meet current requirements in industrial production, with the machine system facilitating the integration of additional devices,” says technical director Ondřej Miřátský.

n THERMAL CUTTING SHOWROOM In its centre in Golčův Jeníkov, Vanad operates one of the largest thermal cutting showrooms in the Czech Republic. The firm´s employees are responsible for both the development of the machines designed according to the specific requirements of the clients and their assembly and testing. The company places its emphasis on an individual approach and comprehensive top solutions.

n THE COMPANY´S DEVELOPMENT IS DRIVEN BY THE CUSTOMER From the beginning of its existence, the aim of the firm has been to realise the customer´s vision of the equipment for their production programme. This is the task for Vanad Design development studio. Currently the firm has 48 employees and its turnover in 2018 was approximately EUR 5.2 million.

n THE FIRM´S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES Vanad´s great advantage is having its own development department making possible quick adjustment of the machines according to the customer´s needs. Another advantage is its focus on fast, light machines fitted with linear guides for maximum long-lasting precision of cut shapes. The basis of the control system for all Vanad machines is the same. If, for example, the customer owns a Vanad oxyfuel or plasma machine and decides to enlarge their production programme with the addition of a fibre laser, they will be able to control the machine much faster. Another advantage for the customer is the combination of laser cutting of both sheet metal and pipes. Only a few manufacturers offer this possibility.

n VANAD CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE SECTORS Vanad customers are firms specialising in custom shape cutting, engineering firms,

Vanad Cooperates with Technical Schools In the framework of cooperation with professional higher learning institutions and secondary schools, Vanad offers pupils´ and students´ training courses, organises excursions for them and events to support research. In 2019, for example, Vanad installed its Vanad Proxima CNC cutting machine using oxyfuel and plasma technology at the Technical University in Prague, in 2018, at the Liberec Technical University it installed a Vanad MIRON cutting machine and a Vanad MIRON Laser at the technical college in Zlín. Vanad machines are also to be found in technical schools in other countries.

manufacturers of agricultural machines and automobiles, and steel hall and construction.

n THE FIRM´S EXPORT TARGETS Although the domestic market is still the firm´s most important outlet, Vanad is planning to increase its export to 70 per cent of its total annual turnover by the year 2021. In foreign countries, Vanad pursues its activities through its sales representatives, who are in charge of the sale and servicing of its machines in the EU, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Canada, and Africa.

Top Standard Vanad Machines Vanad BLUESTER designed for plasma and oxyfuel cutting of material up to 400 mm thick, using an automatic 3D plasma head fully robotic, it can be used for bevel cutting, hole drilling and tapping, and tube and shape cutting.

Vanad KOMPAKT Laser, a precision cutting fiber laser machine up to 6kW, which can work both with metallic and non-metallic materials. Suitable for all types of workshops and can also be used for tube and shape cutting.

Vanad PROXIMA is the best-selling Vanad cutting machine for plasma and oxyfuel cutting of material up to 200 mm thick and sections up to 300 mm in height, suitable for discerning clients.