Wielding a handheld laser welder with a cobot enables highly precise, automated welds to be made when needed. (Image: Cobot Systems)
The solution is suited towards high-variety, low-volume, production runs, and can be used for both seam and spot welding
Four-year's worth of innovation in laser cutting will be showcased en-masse at this year's show. (Image: Shutterstock/Andrey Armyagov)
There'll be a lot to show from the four years of innovation since EuroBLECH 2018
The LT8.20 lasertube system can cut both standard and special section tubes from 12 to 240mm in diameter
BLM Group will showcase a range of its tube and sheet metal cutting systems, while also unveiling a completely new machine
The companies will work together on developing automated material storage and retrieval systems that fully integrate with BLM Group’s line of flat lasers
Aerotech has released version 2.2 of its Automation1 control platform, which comes with several new features
Separation of printed components in an automated separation station on the new production line. (Image: BMW Group)
A digitally connected, fully automated 3D printing production line has been set up for automotive series production
The new welding head makes large-area joining of thermoplastic-thermoplastic and thermoplastic-metal possible. (Image: LZH)
The new process could be used for series production in automotive manufacturing
rumpf will be unveiling a new solution at Blechexpo that aims to help sheet-metal fabricators make the jump into automated laser welding
The automation of part handling or mark alignment in a laser marking process can help improve marking requirements and save production cost. In the context of demanding traceability marking requirements like the UDI (Unique Device Identification) of medical devices, direct part marking is on the rise. Therefore, laser marking system provider FOBA offer technical solutions, some in cooperation with automation experts, that make laser marking even more efficient.
Felsomat's Konigsbach-Stein, Germany based headquarters is hosting Technology Days between October 12 – 14, 2021.
Throughout this open house, the automation firm will showcase their e-motor traction motor stator and rotor assembly systems. This includes a fully functioning stator line that will be running real parts for an Italian customer that produces German sports cars, as well as e-motor trickling station demonstrations, 2D and 3D hairpin stator bending demonstration, and Felsomat FHC hobbing and machine demonstrations.
Mauritz Möller and Philipp Scheible, of Trumpf, share a multi-spot approach to achieve optimum welds in the manufacture of power electronics housings
Mauritz Möller and Philipp Scheible share a multi-spot approach to achieve optimum welds in the manufacture of power electronics housings
Michael Hustedt, Oliver Seffer and Alexander Hilck, of the Laser Zentrum Hannover, on how to enclose a high-power joining process for steel plates up to 30mm thick
Michael Hustedt, Oliver Seffer and Alexander Hilck, of the Laser Zentrum Hannover, on how to enclose a high-power joining process for steel plates up to 30mm thick
Lasers offer a non-contact, fast, flexible and cost-effective tool for cutting sheets across a range of industries. (Shutterstock/Parilov)
Specialist laser integrator Cyan Tec shares some of the latest developments taking place in the field of sheet metal cutting
Integrators such as GFH Micromachining, 3D Micromac, and LLT Applikation develop complete laser micromachining systems featuring all the laser, motion control, software, and safety components required to realise high-quality applications (Image: GFH Micromachining)
Looking at the market trends integrators are having to respond to when developing new systems
Jan Keuntje and Peter Jäschke have developed a macroscopic finite element model to help establish laser cutting in serial CFRP component production
Jan Keuntje and Peter Jäschke, of the Laser Zentrum Hannover, have developed a macroscopic finite element model to help establish laser cutting in serial CFRP component production
Laser technologies will have to continue to evolve to keep up with the need of the electronics industry. (Image: Shutterstock/raigvi)
Electronics manufacturing presents both significant opportunities and formidable challenges for developers of laser materials processing technologies
Handheld laser cleaning devices are a popular choice in industry for delivering the beam to the workpiece. (Image: Shutterstock/Surasak_Photo)
The basics of laser cleaning, the systems involved, and the benifts it offers over conventional cleaning techniques
Paul Butler-Smith and Tian Long See demonstrate how the surface friction of stainless-steel medical tools can be reduced using pulsed and ultrashort-pulsed laser processing
Paul Butler-Smith and Tian Long See, of the MTC, demonstrate how the surface friction of stainless-steel medical tools can be reduced using pulsed and ultrashort-pulsed laser processing
Dr Michael Jarwitz, of the University of Stuttgart’s IFSW, highlights the need for a single tool capable of highly versatile and adaptable manufacturing
Dr Michael Jarwitz, of the University of Stuttgart’s IFSW, highlights the need for a single tool capable of highly versatile and adaptable manufacturing
