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News Release from: Scanlab | Subject: intelliWELD 30 FC
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 April 2007
3D scan system aids robot welding
Designed for robot-assisted welding applications, Scanlab's intelliWELD 30 FC 3D-scan system is capable of swiftly positioning the laser beam along 3D contours.
Scanlab has released the intelliWELD 30 FC, a smart and compact 3D-scan system for high power disk or fibre lasers Designed for robot-assisted welding applications, this 3D-scan system is capable of swiftly positioning the laser beam along 3D contours
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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While a robot guides the scan system along a part contour, the intelliWELD 30 FC quickly and accurately moves and fine positions the laser spot.
Complex robotic motions and fast robotic repositioning are thereby avoided, thus reducing positioning times between spot welds to a few milliseconds.
The result is substantially enhanced utilisation of the laser source.
Despite its 30mm aperture, the intelliWELD 30 FC occupies a remarkably small volume, making it easily mountable on welding robots, even in difficult-to-access locations.
Its optics are optimised for fibre-coupled lasers with powers up to 5kW.
Spot welds of approximately 600um in diameter can be formed within an elliptical processing volume of 200 x 240 x 80mm.
The dual-pane protective window and the long 0.5m working distance both serve to protect the scan objective from welding splatter.
The scan system is equipped with a sealed housing and a quick-swap protective window system.
Light returning from the work piece is decoupled from the optical path for potential analysis by additional process monitoring equipment.
The intelliWELD 30 FC incorporates Scanlab's fully digital iDRIVE a technology, offering an integrated approach to laser and process safety.
It allows real-time monitoring of all important scan head and protective window status parameters.
This facilitates detection of process miss-queues and enables advanced remote-diagnostics.
A software-independent interlock signal, indicating abnormal operational states, can be used to switch the system to a predefined state or trigger an automatic emergency stop.
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