The COMBRIX™ Combo Laser by PB Lasers gives you sheet cutting and tube cutting in one machine, one footprint, one investment. It's the most economical way to enter the laser business — because the cost is less than labor.
You Need Two Machines. You Have One Budget. And Zero Floor Space to Waste.
You're cutting sheet on plasma — or outsourcing it. You're cutting tube with a cold saw, a bandsaw, or you're not cutting tube at all and subbing it out. Either way, you're paying twice: once for the sheet work, once for the tube work. Two processes. Two sets of post-cut labor. Two bottlenecks.
And you've looked at the numbers. A dedicated sheet laser plus a dedicated tube laser is two machines, two footprints, two investments. For a growing shop that does framing, structural, box work, table work, railings, or any combination of flat and tube — that's a lot of capital before the first cut.
The COMBRIX™ solves both problems with one machine. Not by compromising. By being smart about what you're already buying.
When you buy any laser, you're buying a resonator, a fiber optic cable, a cutting head, and electronics. That's eighty percent of the cost. The COMBRIX™ extends the gantry approximately three feet and adds the tube function. You're not buying two machines. You're buying one machine that does both — and the financial jump from sheet-only to sheet-plus-tube is a fraction of what a second machine would cost.
We Spent Thirty Dollars to Find You. Not Eighteen Million.
PB Lasers is not one of the big six. We don't have a twenty-million-dollar trade show budget. We don't have a service contract business model. We don't have a C-suite with four hundred people. That means we don't have their prices.
Our company is built on a concept called Means of Manufacturing™. The machine comes first. The machine has to run. The person operating it has to know it inside out — not because of a service contract, but because independence is the goal.
The COMBRIX™ exists because we asked a simple question: if a fabricator is already buying the resonator, the fiber, the head, and the electronics for a sheet laser, why should the tube function cost them an entire second machine? It shouldn't. So we built it as an extension, not an addition.
We don't sell machines. We create competent, independent operators who become long-term clients and buy the next piece of equipment from us because they trust us.
The Best of Both Worlds. In One Footprint. With Honest Expectations.
The Sheet Side
The COMBRIX™ cuts 5' × 10' sheet metal with the same precision, speed, and quality as a dedicated AURIX™ sheet laser. Same resonator. Same fiber. Same Boci cutting head. Same nesting software. The sheet side of the COMBRIX™ is not a compromise — it is a full-production sheet laser.
The Tube Side
The tube function extends the gantry approximately three feet and uses the same sheet laser cutting head to cut tube. This gives you full capability on closed profiles: square tube, round pipe, rectangular tube, and oval. Up to twenty-four-foot sticks. Up to three-eighths-inch thick.
Holes, slots, notches, miters — all programmed, all cut in one pass. Your cold saw and drill press sit idle. Your jigs collect dust. Parts come off the machine fitting together like Lego.
What You Need to Know: Closed Shapes Only
We're going to be straight with you because that's how we operate. The COMBRIX™ uses a stubby sheet-laser head for tube cutting. That head gets close to the material but it cannot enter the crevices of an I-beam or angle iron the way a dedicated tube laser's long snout can. The COMBRIX™ cuts closed shapes: square, round, rectangular, oval. If your work is primarily I-beam, C-channel, or open structural profiles, you need a dedicated TORIX™ tube laser.
But if your tube work is closed profiles — and for most fabrication shops doing framing, railing, box work, furniture, or general structural, it is — the COMBRIX™ gives you that capability without buying a second machine.
A combo laser isn't as perfect as a dedicated tube laser. But it's dramatically better than anything you're doing now. And nobody else around you has one.
About 5% of shops have a tube laser at all. Even some of the big players don't use a tube laser. With a COMBRIX™, you'd be competing at a level most of your market can't touch. And it's not a huge jump from what you're already buying for a sheet laser.
Choose the Format That Fits Your Shop. We'll Make Sure the Machine Fits Your Business.
COMBRIX™ Open — Single Bed, Maximum Value
The COMBRIX™ Open is the most economical way to enter the laser business. Period. An open-table, single-bed combo laser that gives you 5' × 10' sheet cutting and tube cutting up to twenty-four feet in closed profiles — all in one machine, all running on single-phase power at 3kW.
At 3kW on single-phase, you cut up to three-eighths-inch carbon steel on both the sheet side and the tube side. That covers the bread and butter of most small to mid-size fabrication operations. When you're ready for more power, the 6kW and 12kW versions are available with three-phase service.
The cost of this machine is less than the cost of labor. A lease-to-own payment works out to roughly the hourly rate of one employee — except the machine doesn't call in sick, doesn't take holidays, and gives you both sheet and tube capability in a single footprint.
- Bed Format
- Open table, single bed
- Sheet Bed Size
- 5' × 10' (3015)
- Power Options
- 3kW (single-phase), 6kW, 12kW (three-phase)
- Sheet Cut Capacity
- Up to 3/8" carbon steel at 3kW; heavier at higher kW
- Tube Stock Input
- Up to 24-foot sticks
- Tube Cut Capacity
- Closed profiles (round, square, rectangular, oval) up to 3/8" thick
- Chuck Options
- 120mm (4.5"), 180mm (7"), 240mm (9") [limited to 6 & 12kW]
- Power Requirement
- Single-phase 200A at 3kW — three-phase at 6kW and 12kW
- Designed For
- Solo operators, small fab shops, farm operations, first-time laser buyers, shops that need both capabilities on one budget
COMBRIX™ Enclosed — Dual Bed, Production Ready
The COMBRIX™ Enclosed is for shops that have several employees, production volume, and a plan to grow. The enclosed cabinet with dual beds means one bed is cutting while you're loading the other. You never stop production to swap material. The enclosure keeps smoke contained, exhaust managed, and your OSHA exposure at zero.
Same 5' × 10' sheet bed. Same tube function cutting closed profiles up to twenty-four feet. Available in 3kW, 6kW, and 12kW. If you're running a shop with people in it, this is the format. When you have employees, there's a lawyers billboard on the highway that says "Have you been injured at work?" and you don't want to be the shop it's talking about.
The dual-bed configuration also matters for business value. If you ever sell this business, the buyer walks in and sees compliant technology with an enclosed system. That has value. An open-bed laser in a shop with six employees has liability written all over it.
Think of the enclosed dual-bed COMBRIX™ as future-proofing your shop. You have compliant technology, continuous production, sheet and tube in one machine, and something that adds to your enterprise value — not a compliance risk you have to explain away.
- Bed Format
- Enclosed cabinet, dual bed (exchange table)
- Sheet Bed Size
- 5' × 10' (3015)
- Power Options
- 3kW, 6kW, 12kW
- Sheet Cut Capacity
- Up to 3/8" at 3kW; 5/8" at 6kW; 3/4"–1" at 12kW [with O2]
- Tube Stock Input
- Up to 24-foot sticks
- Tube Cut Capacity
- Closed profiles (round, square, rectangular, oval) up to 3/8" thick
- Chuck Options
- 180mm (7"), 240mm (9")
- Enclosure
- Full enclosed cabinet — OSHA compliant, smoke/exhaust contained
- Dual Bed Benefit
- Load one bed while the other cuts — zero downtime between sheets
- Designed For
- Production shops with employees, growing operations, job shops, sign companies, railing and furniture fabricators, anyone who needs OSHA compliance and continuous throughput
COMBRIX™ Series at a Glance
| COMBRIX™ OPEN | COMBRIX™ ENCLOSED | |
|---|---|---|
| Table | Single bed, open | Dual bed, enclosed cabinet |
| Sheet Bed | 5' × 10' | 5' × 10' |
| Power | 3kW (single-phase) / 6kW / 12kW | 3kW / 6kW / 12kW |
| Single-Phase Option | Yes — 3kW at 200A | No — three-phase required |
| Tube Input | Up to 24' sticks | Up to 24' sticks |
| Tube Profiles | Closed shapes only | Closed shapes only |
| Chuck Range | 120–240mm (4.5"–9") | 180–240mm (7"–9") |
| OSHA Compliant | Operator responsibility | Yes — fully enclosed |
| Best For | Solo operators, entry-level, budget-first | Shops with employees, production volume, growth path |
- Table
- Single bed, open
- Sheet Bed
- 5' × 10'
- Power
- 3kW (single-phase) / 6kW / 12kW
- Single-Phase Option
- Yes — 3kW at 200A
- Tube Input
- Up to 24' sticks
- Tube Profiles
- Closed shapes only
- Chuck Range
- 120–240mm (4.5"–9")
- OSHA Compliant
- Operator responsibility
- Best For
- Solo operators, entry-level, budget-first
- Table
- Dual bed, enclosed cabinet
- Sheet Bed
- 5' × 10'
- Power
- 3kW / 6kW / 12kW
- Single-Phase Option
- No — three-phase required
- Tube Input
- Up to 24' sticks
- Tube Profiles
- Closed shapes only
- Chuck Range
- 180–240mm (7"–9")
- OSHA Compliant
- Yes — fully enclosed
- Best For
- Shops with employees, production volume, growth path
The 80/20 Rule: You're Already Buying Most of a Tube Laser.
When you buy a laser — any laser — you're buying a resonator, a fiber optic cable, a cutting head, and electronics. That's eighty percent of the cost regardless of whether it's sheet-only or combo. The COMBRIX™ adds approximately three feet to the gantry and gives you the tube function. You're not doubling your investment. You're adding a fraction of the cost for a completely new capability.
Think about that: for a small increment over a sheet-only laser, you get a machine that also cuts tube. Your competitors who bought a standalone sheet laser are paying fabrication shops to cut their tube work. You're doing it in-house.
When the COMBRIX™ is the right call
- / 01Your tube work is primarily closed profiles — square, round, rectangular, oval
- / 02You do framing, railing, box work, table work, furniture, signs, or general structural fabrication
- / 03You have one budget, not two
- / 04You have limited floor space and can't accommodate two separate machines
- / 05You want to bring tube cutting in-house without a massive capital outlay
- / 06You're entering the laser business for the first time and want both capabilities from day one
When you need dedicated machines instead
- / 01Your primary work is I-beam, C-channel, angle iron, or other open structural profiles
- / 02You need bevel capability on tube — the combo does not bevel
- / 03Your tube volume is high enough to justify a dedicated TORIX™ running full-time
- / 04You need the long-snout head to reach into structural crevices
We'll tell you during our engineering conversation which path makes sense. If dedicated machines are the right answer, we'll say so. We'd rather sell you the right thing than sell you a combo that doesn't fit your work.
What makes an COMBRIX™ different.
Every other manufacturer sends a technician. We send an engineer who has run fabrication operations, designed jobs in SolidWorks since the 2000s, and managed real production work. When you ask "can the COMBRIX™ do this," he tells you yes, here's how, here's the risk, here's what it saves.
We don't leave until you are producing. Not demonstrating. Producing.
The goal is that you know this machine so well you don't need a service contract. You pay more upfront for independence. You don't pay forever for dependency.
The same consumables package covers both sheet and tube cutting because it's the same cutting head doing both jobs. Protection lenses, ceramic and standard nozzles, focal and collimating lens sets — enough to run a year without blinking, on either side of the machine.
Fully featured nesting and CAM software for both sheet and tube. Permanently licensed. Machine-side and desktop. No monthly fee. No annual renewal. No subscription attached to your production output.
The COMBRIX™ frame is annealed, heat-treated, and machined in-house. Literally double the weight of many import competitors in the same category. UL-listed Schneider electronics throughout. Max fiber resonator. Boci cutting head. Parts available, not sealed into a proprietary contraption.
ShopFlow IQ™ tracks jobs from PO to delivery. Off-Cut IQ™ tracks every sheet and tube remnant — measured, labeled, racked, searchable. Set up by our engineer during installation across both sides of the machine.
The Most Economical Way to Enter the Laser Business. Because the Cost Is Less Than Labor.
On a lease-to-own, a COMBRIX™ combo laser costs you roughly the hourly rate of one employee on a standard work month. Except you're not getting one employee's worth of output. You're getting a machine that cuts sheet AND tube, runs both sides from the same resonator, and doesn't come with health benefits, sick days, or turnover.
If you're already outsourcing laser work — sheet or tube — the processing cost you're paying someone else nearly covers the lease payment. That's not a cost. That's a reallocation. You bring it in-house, you control the timeline, and the machine pays for itself out of what you were already spending.
Every payment is one hundred percent tax deductible. Section 179 lets you write off the full purchase price in the year you take delivery. Our in-house leasing approves you in forty-eight hours. A bank takes six to eight weeks and wants your house as collateral.
One machine. One payment. Two capabilities. At the cost of less than one employee you'd have to train, manage, insure, and replace when they leave.
Proof.
Spider Industries — Wenatchee, Washington
Josh makes headache racks for pickup trucks. Old method: seventeen pieces, cut manually, drilled by hand, stuck into jigs. New method after our engineer restructured his designs: five pieces. Fold it. Three sides of welding. No jig. Cutting capacity went four times. One day equals one to two weeks of previous output. His welders aren't losing jobs — they're welding four hundred racks a month instead of one hundred.
Gary the Sign Maker
Never touched a laser. Needed a hundred signs with slots cut in square tubing. Finished the entire job solo in three shifts. No fabrication background. No helper. The training model works even for complete novices.
If Gary can do it, your shop can do it.
The Etsy Opportunity — Side Income That Pays for the Machine
One of our customers found a Tree of Life wall piece on Etsy — stainless steel, forty-eight inches in diameter. Paid eleven hundred dollars. The steel cost maybe a hundred and fifty. That's real margin from a laser and creativity. With a COMBRIX™, you have both sheet cutting for decorative art pieces and tube cutting for structural frames and stands. A Saturday of cutting, a few pieces listed online, and the monthly lease payment is covered before you ever touch a production job.
The machine that you were worried about affording pays for itself in side income.
The Legacy Brand Horror Stories
A fabricator with an HSG laser — the head got ripped off the gantry. Over a hundred thousand dollars lost in one outage. Twelve thousand dollars to rebuild a head that had an O-ring failure. The O-ring cost a dollar fifty.
A farmer in Illinois with a Trumpf CO2 — down eighteen months. A quarter million dollars in parts and service. The problem was a mirror. Three techs who'd never seen the machine couldn't find it. A 25-year veteran finally did, in two days.
An enterprise manufacturer spending a hundred and thirty thousand dollars a year on crashed heads — at twenty-six thousand dollars each — from a legacy brand that charges fifty-six thousand dollars just to upgrade from 5kW to 6kW.
These are phone calls we take every week.
Not Trumpf. Not Bodor. Not a Toy.
If you're comparing us to a big-name combo:
The big-name combo laser sells for a fraction of what you think it's worth — to them. The extra million dollars is trade show budget, C-suite overhead, and a service contract model. You pay for it whether you use it or not. The COMBRIX™ delivers comparable cut quality with none of that overhead.
If you're comparing us to a low-cost import:
Different machine category. Lighter build, assembled from mixed suppliers, not engineered to North American spec. We're nearly double the physical weight. UL-listed components throughout. Chucks built in-house. Not in the same tier.
If you're considering a used laser:
The first one drives it. The second one pays for it. The third one repairs it. A used combo laser sold from one shop to the next usually shows up with an unknown service history, no consumables, no software license, and no engineer behind it. New COMBRIX™ costs less than most people expect and comes with a clean slate.
You Don't Get the Keys to the Airplane Until You Qualify as Co-Pilot.
A plasma is a go-kart and a chainsaw. A laser is an airplane with a glass cockpit. The COMBRIX™ is an airplane that also has a helicopter function. You need to understand both.
It's not scary if you know what you're doing. And when our engineer leaves your shop, you will know what you're doing — on both the sheet side and the tube side.
We train Full Metal Jacket style. You do it our way. We teach you how to get to every parameter yourself — not just hand you a sheet of numbers without context. We leave you with the ability to find the answer, not just the answer.
When the engineer leaves, you get a complete standard operating procedure — a training document — so if you ever bring someone new on, you have a template. You're not playing broken telephone.
You pay more upfront for competence. You never pay again for dependency.
Our mission is to bring productivity back to North American manufacturing.
The COMBRIX™ is how we make it accessible to every shop, not just the ones with million-dollar budgets.