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Mobile Laser Welding System
Task Result
LASER on demand GmbH offers temporary, on-site, For two years, Laserline’s LDF 5000-40 fiber-coupled
job-specific laser welding of large components for diode laser has been used in a variety of welding
customers who cannot yet commit to purchasing a laser. applications throughout Europe. The temperature-
This service demands a universally useable welding laser controlled container that encloses the diode laser allows
with good beam quality that can be easily transported and for the use and transport of the system under the most
is immediately ready for use upon arriving at the customer’s adverse climatic conditions and ensures that the laser
site. Fitting the laser, a water-air chiller, and additional system is immediately ready for operation upon reaching
equipment into an eight foot container requires not only a the customer’s site. The goal of building a system that is
compact, but also an efficient, 5 kW laser that can be compact yet robust was successfully achieved.
cooled with a 10 kW chiller.
Process
After promising preliminary tests of different welding tasks
in the Laserline application laboratory, further tests using a
fiber-coupled diode laser were conducted on large
components at the customer’s site. LASER on demand
then outfitted the first container with a laser, a chiller, and
additional equipment, which was shortly followed by the
production of a second, identical set-up. The containers Material: Different steel grades up to 8 mm
are remotely monitored, insulated, and equipped with a Customers: Joining and cladding at a wide variety of
floor-heating, with a battery-powered back-up. This allows customers ranging from aerospace to shipbuilding
the laser and chiller to be transported and immediately put Laser: LDF 5000-40
into use in below freezing temperatures without requiring Optics: Typically 0.6 mm focus
the cooling water to be drained. Parameters: 0.5 m/min to 30 m/min weld speed
Result: In use since 2009
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