Technologies and solutions to provide flexible, efficient and precise processing of thick-walled materials, such as mild carbon steel & stainless steels for the process industry (media-conducting pipes & tubes), boilers and hot water tanks, buffer storage tanks, transformer housings, expansion vessels, compressed air tanks, fire extinguishers and other types of pressure vessels. Processing includes flexible and accurate bending/roll forming, cutting, continuous longitudinal seam welding and orbital seam welding machines, including other secondary processes such as end forming, leak testing and 2D cutting in one continuous production line. The key to a highly efficient production line lies in the combination of cutting-edge laser cutting processes, innovative laser and laser-hybrid welding techniques, and automation. Thanks to these technologies, seams can be welded using butt laser welding, resulting in particularly precise, clean, and highly corrosion-resistant joints.
Peter Eigenmann - Weil Technology NA LLC
Higher Laser Powers Increase Beam Analysis Importance
Most high-power laser users will agree that analyzing certain key performance indicators about a laser are vital to the overall success of the process. Especially when it comes to material processing with a laser in relatively harsh production environments, laser performance has the potential to drift over time. With the use of higher power lasers (in the 10’s of kilowatts and more), measurement and analysis of laser performance becomes even more vital to the overall success of the process. This talk will discuss some of the case studies in laser joining processes and illustrate how and where measuring and analyzing key laser performance characteristics proved vital to the overall success of the manufacturing of their products.
John McCauley - MKS Instruments / Ophir Products
