EP1146988A4 - Robotically operated laser head - Google Patents

Robotically operated laser head

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Publication number
EP1146988A4
EP1146988A4 EP99973778A EP99973778A EP1146988A4 EP 1146988 A4 EP1146988 A4 EP 1146988A4 EP 99973778 A EP99973778 A EP 99973778A EP 99973778 A EP99973778 A EP 99973778A EP 1146988 A4 EP1146988 A4 EP 1146988A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
laser head
operated laser
robotically operated
robotically
head
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP99973778A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1146988A1 (en
Inventor
Gerald F Hermann
Mark S Leybzun
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Novanta Inc
Original Assignee
GSI Lumonics Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by GSI Lumonics Inc filed Critical GSI Lumonics Inc
Publication of EP1146988A1 publication Critical patent/EP1146988A1/en
Publication of EP1146988A4 publication Critical patent/EP1146988A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
    • B23K26/0869—Devices involving movement of the laser head in at least one axial direction
    • B23K26/0876—Devices involving movement of the laser head in at least one axial direction in at least two axial directions
    • B23K26/0884—Devices involving movement of the laser head in at least one axial direction in at least two axial directions in at least in three axial directions, e.g. manipulators, robots
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/04—Automatically aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam, e.g. using the back-scattered light
    • B23K26/046—Automatically focusing the laser beam
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/14—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring using a fluid stream, e.g. a jet of gas, in conjunction with the laser beam; Nozzles therefor
    • B23K26/1462—Nozzles; Features related to nozzles
    • B23K26/1464—Supply to, or discharge from, nozzles of media, e.g. gas, powder, wire
    • B23K26/1476—Features inside the nozzle for feeding the fluid stream through the nozzle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/70—Auxiliary operations or equipment
    • B23K26/702—Auxiliary equipment
EP99973778A 1998-09-09 1999-09-09 Robotically operated laser head Withdrawn EP1146988A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US9954798P 1998-09-09 1998-09-09
US99547P 1998-09-09
PCT/US1999/020820 WO2000054925A1 (en) 1998-09-09 1999-09-09 Robotically operated laser head

Publications (2)

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EP1146988A1 EP1146988A1 (en) 2001-10-24
EP1146988A4 true EP1146988A4 (en) 2003-11-05

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EP99973778A Withdrawn EP1146988A4 (en) 1998-09-09 1999-09-09 Robotically operated laser head

Country Status (5)

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EP (1) EP1146988A4 (en)
JP (1) JP2002538971A (en)
AU (1) AU6033499A (en)
CA (1) CA2343722A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2000054925A1 (en)

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WO2000054925A1 (en) 2000-09-21
JP2002538971A (en) 2002-11-19
CA2343722A1 (en) 2000-09-21
EP1146988A1 (en) 2001-10-24

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