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News Release from: TPS-Fronius | Subject: LaserHybrid
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 November 2003
Practicalities of hybrid welding
outweigh the cost
The innovative LaserHybrid welding process basically combines the advantages of laser and arc, and the process is applicable to the whole spectrum of sheet metalworking.
The innovative LaserHybrid welding process basically combines the advantages of laser and arc, and the process is applicable to the whole spectrum of sheet metalworking It forms the major business segment of primarily small- and medium-sized companies
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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However, due among other things to the supposedly high plant costs, hybrid welding has been reserved in the past for large-scale industrial users.
Dietrich Aldinger, Managing Director of the German metalworking company of the same name, has tested and purchased a LaserHybrid system.
In addition to the technical advantages he also confirms a series of economic benefits and synergy effects that render the system of special interest to small and medium-sized businesses.
Various components made of sheet metal such as filters, valve fittings, pressure vessels and other vessels are required by the food, drink and allied industries in much the same way as the heating, sanitary, hydraulics and pneumatics industries right through to the aircraft industry.
A LaserHybrid system allows individually tailored combinations of laser and arc from 0 to 100.
The process offers maximum flexibility in terms of the materials to be processed and also with regard to the range of applications from pure arc or laser welding through to individual settings tailored to suit the user's requirements.
Aldinger is very pleased with the system technology provided by the TPS-Fronius, the Austrian welding system manufacturer.
"Now, for example, we can fabricate welds in complex stainless-steel housings that cannot be executed with laser alone.
Generally speaking there is a drop in the cost of weld preparation".
The pioneering small businessman thoroughly checked out the financial outlay prior to deciding on the investment.
TPS-Fronius offers interested parties specific feasibility studies for this very purpose.
In addition to accurate financial benchmarks, the potential user also gains initial practical experience of a monetary nature specifically relevant to his situation and his application and, what's more, a little bit of future security.
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