Laser in manufacturing

Since the late 80’s, lasers have proven themselves in the manufacturing technology of wooden parts. Setting up CNC routers becomes child’s play with laser beams. Just like the suction cups, the workpieces can be positioned so precisely and quickly that no more damage occurs. The same applies to the often laborious positioning of fittings in furniture production. Quality control is accelerated and facilitated. The margin of error and scrap in this manufacturing process are significantly reduced.

Whether on the construction site or during production on the shop floor – today it is laser radiation that speeds up work and improves results in manufacturing technology. When frames, reinforcements or formwork are positioned and checked, it is the data from the CAD program that our systems translate and project into clearly recognizable points or lines. In various manufacturing processes, the laser works in the production in the compound system on rails or, for example, permanently mounted in the pallet circulation system. On the building site, two measuring points on the surface are sufficient for the ProCollector L so that the floor plan can go into production.

In more and more industries, different layers and materials are entering the manufacturing technology as a composite. It is the laser projector that marks the contours and thus provides the precise templates for the work. In automotive engineering, fiber mats are positioned and laid by laser. Here, but also in the aerospace industry, precise documentation is essential – a task that is supported in parallel by the laser projector via software. Today, manufacturing quality management processes are almost inconceivable without the use of our systems. There is hardly a company left without laser projection in the basics of manufacturing technology.

Whether for manual drilling or machine-assisted welding, manufacturing technology in metalworking only becomes truly competitive with the technology of the laser projector and positioning laser. With the stored positions of the work surfaces, the software and the laser play in the projection for the machining of the workpieces layer by layer. The error-prone preparation of templates as the basis of the work is no longer necessary. On the welding table, the data from the CAD program is converted into laser projections accurate to the millimeter. Workpieces and clamping devices fit the first time. Setup repetitions are no longer a special matter.

Many manufacturing processes in textile processing have been revolutionized by our systems and their application possibilities. This is especially true for the individual production of large workpieces. Tarpaulins, balloons, covers – all of these are facilitated by laser processes. Because the precise specifications make expensive offcuts an absolute exception. In textile processing, stencil making in particular represents an unpopular expense for employees, which is now a thing of the past with the use of laser radiation for production technology. The costs decrease, the yield increases.