Flexibility is an often proclaimed property of laser tools and normally adverted to flexibility in geometry, material or lot size during the application of a certain laser process (e.g. cutting or welding). With the laser combi-head, even the processes themselves can flexibly be changed within the manufacturing procedure– in this case between cutting and welding. The gain in flexibility is accompanied by a shortened process chain, a more integrated production facility and higher accuracy of the resulting products at a high cost-effectiveness. Further improvements of the equipment for combined cutting and welding with a multifunctional laser combi-head are described by means of new examples from research projects and latest industrial implementations with CO2 lasers as well as with fiber coupled solid-state lasers.
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4th Pacific International Conference on Laser Materials Processing, Micro, Nano and Ultrafast Fabrication
March 23–25, 2010
Wuhan, People's Republic of China
ISBN:
978-0-912035-56-7
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Progress in cutting and welding of sheet metal assemblies in one machine with the laser combi-head
Dirk Petring;
Dirk Petring
1
Fraunhofer-Institute for Laser Technology ILT Steinbachstr
. 15, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Frank Schneider;
Frank Schneider
1
Fraunhofer-Institute for Laser Technology ILT Steinbachstr
. 15, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Harald Dickler
Harald Dickler
2
Laserfact GmbH Steinbachstr
. 15, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Published Online:
March 01 2010
Citation
Dirk Petring, Frank Schneider, Harald Dickler; March 23–25, 2010. "Progress in cutting and welding of sheet metal assemblies in one machine with the laser combi-head." Proceedings of the 4th Pacific International Conference on Laser Materials Processing, Micro, Nano and Ultrafast Fabrication. PICALO 2010: 4th Pacific International Conference on Laser Materials Processing, Micro, Nano and Ultrafast Fabrication. Wuhan, People's Republic of China. (pp. 1001). ASME. https://doi.org/10.2351/1.5057171
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