A strategic pivot to clean sheet
with a 6 kW fiber laser and free funding consultancy.

Clean sheet is the term used colloquially for cuts with a smooth edge, no burr, no oxidation, no traces of manual finishing. It's achieved with precision thermal methods such as the fiber laser or with cold methods such as waterjet. For a B2C workshop, the importance is direct: the end client sees the product edge in their home, on their fence, on their railing. If the edge is clean, the product looks professional with no extra processing. If the edge has burr or oxidation, the workshop has to grind each element by hand, which doubles the execution time and reduces the margin.

The 6 kW economy configuration is optimal for a B2C workshop with modest volumes. Below 6 kW, you have limitations on thicknesses over 5–6 mm on stainless. Above 6 kW, you pay for extra power that a small workshop doesn't use often, plus higher consumption of electricity and assist gas. The economy configuration reduces the machine cost without sacrificing edge quality on the typical Geomar product range of 1–4 mm thick.

For projects where we deliver the equipment, the funding-file consultancy is included at no additional cost. We help identify the right program, prepare the technical part of the file with specifications, justifications, an implementation plan and an itemized budget, then hand it to the accredited consultant who submits the application. The policy is standard for clients who order the equipment from us. At Geomar and Fier-Forjat Limanu, both Start-Up Nation 2022 applications were prepared this way.

A quote from Marian's testimonial about the first laser weld on stainless: "It's something else, it's a completely different thing." Concretely: the bead comes out fine, with no pores, with a minimal heat-affected zone, with no colour changes on the stainless steel. For products visible to the B2C client, that means there's no need for later grinding of the beads. On aluminium, the laser avoids TIG's typical problems with wind and shielding gas. For a small workshop that works many different materials, laser welding closes the capability with a single machine.

The package includes industrial software for designing metal elements plus integration with the laser cutting machine. In practice, the workshop receives an order from a client, quickly draws it in the software, generates the cutting file and starts the laser with no intermediate conversion or manual adjustment steps. For a B2C workshop with small batches and one-off orders, digitalization reduces the time from request to commercial confirmation, which directly influences the conversion rate and the capacity to accept additional orders.

Electrostatic painting is the final step for Geomar's outdoor products: gates, railings, garden furniture. After laser cutting and welding, the product needs a durable protective finish. The electrostatic paint line we're set to deliver will close the workshop's capability, turning Geomar into a complete workshop from raw material to a finished product ready to install. For us, it's validation that the relationship continues naturally, each next investment building on what we delivered before.

The baseline recommendation based on the Geomar experience: a 6 kW economy fiber laser plus a welding machine (laser or MIG/MAG/TIG depending on the product range) plus industrial design software. For a 1–3 person B2C workshop, the configuration starts at around €50,000 total, of which the own contribution after Start-Up Nation can drop to €15,000–20,000. For an audit on your specific profile, contact us with the list of products you want to make.