Author: Chantal Manella, Promotion Specialist, Leister Technologies AG
Are you responsible for the production process in an industrial production facility using plastics? Or are you looking for a solution to optimally integrate a laser welding process into your production line? Then the Inline Welder, a modular laser welding system, is just right for you.
The Inline Welder has a laser-safe processing cell in which you can weld 2D contours on a working area of up to 250×250 mm using the Scanner Optic from Leister. Thanks to the integrated clamping technology, the necessary contact between the parts to be welded is guaranteed.
Little space? No problem
The Inline Welder's control cabinet is divided into two parts to minimize the space required in the work area. The modular, interchangeable laser unit and the scanner control unit can be housed separately from the processing cell in a 19-inch rack.
Integration options for the Inline Welder
The inline welder is designed for assembly in a production line on a rotary indexing table or a transfer belt. The individual components and the compressed air supply to the pneumatic clamping device are controlled via the control cabinet flange-mounted to the processing cell. Sensors on the clamping device and in the optics allow you to record various process parameters and monitor the process during welding. Several components that are in the processing cell at the same time can be evaluated separately using the HMI. The 22-inch touchscreen in combination with the M/L-HMI (modular Leister Human Machine Interface) considerably simplifies operation of the laser welding system. Various interfaces enable the Inline Welder to communicate with the higher-level system.
Summarizing the modular components of the Inline Welder
- Processing cell with:
- Scanner Optic S/M/L
- Pneumatic clamping device 250×250 mm
- Control cabinet for control and compressed air supply
- Customer interface
- Monitor to operate the HMI
- Laser Unit S/M (decentralized)
- Scanner Unit (decentralized)
- 19-inch rack for decentralized units
Field of application
- Complex 2D geometries
- Contour Welding
- Quasi-simultaneous welding (optional: measurement of the deposition path for process control)
The most important advantages of the inline welder at a glance
- Mounting on rotary indexing table or transfer belt
- Space-optimized due to decentralized units
- laser safe
- Modular laser unit
- Different lasers configurable
- Sensors for process monitoring
- Evaluation of various quality parameters possible
- Various interfaces for communication
- Communication standard can be customized by Leister
