Transcript fiber laser
Industrial Laser Cutting Machine Navigator KS based on fiber laser and linear motors JSC VNITEP (Russia) COMPANY key issues and focus areas • Manufacture and supply of industrial laser cutting systems for sheet metal processing (patented technology) • Job-shops: laser cutting, bending, welding, tooling, lathing etc. • Research and Development History • 2001 project starts • 2003 made 1st pilot laser machine Navigator KS-1 equipped with CO2 laser • 2004 the first time fiber laser was used for sheet metal cutting • 2005 first machine for industrial application; engine layout technology patented • 2007 mass production of industrial metal cutting systems with fiber laser • 2009 new control system, automation, improved appearance, refined key machine units • 2010 entering the European an Asian markets • 2012 at the 22th International Exhibition of technologies for sheet metal processing EuroBLECH in Hanover (Germany) double cutting heads machine was presented (world-wide patent) Navigator KS Multinational VNITEP team: Russia, Germany, France, Estonia Fiber laser vs. CO2–laser CO2–lasers Fiber Lasers Wave length, mkm 10,6 1,07 BPP, mm x mrad 3...6 1,3...14 Wall plug Efficiency, % 8...10 30+ Maintenance costs, in rel. units 1 0,1 Periodicity of lamps and laser diodes substitution, hrs. - > 50 000 Cutting speed, in rel. units 1 1,1…3 Parameter Wave length difference between the absorption coefficients – cutting non-ferrous metals focusing into a spot smaller diameter – minimal heat affected zone, cutting thin and deformable metals Excellent Beam Parameter Product • creation of the light is 200% more efficient • no expensive optical path • flexible optical fiber up to 300 m long • the focusing lens is sealed in the cutting head Coefficient of efficiency Wall-plug efficiencies greater than 30% considerably lower running costs Maintenance costs 50% longer servicing intervals 50% lower servicing costs No moving parts or mirrors - reducing maintenance requirements and operating costs Laser diodes substitution • fiber laser is modular, built from multiple laser units • allows the laser system to incorporate reserve modules and power margins • could be supplied in bigger case for further gradual upgrade Steel 10 mm Aluminum 1 mm Stainless steel 1 mm Steel 5 mm Brass 2 mm Stainless steel 1 mm Stainless steel 2 mm Steel 10 mm Results 20 мм The minimum diameter of the cut hole - 1.4 mm at a thickness of 10 mm (7% of the thickness) Al, 8 mm Al, 7 mm Maximum cutting thickness Metal \ Power Steel, mm Stainless steel, mm Aluminum and alloys, mm Copper alloys, mm 1 kW 12 4 4 3 2 kW 18 10 7 6 3 kW 22 12 10 7 4 kW 25 14 12 8 Technical data • Positioning speed – up to 210 m/min • Possible cutting speed – up to 60 m/min • Acceleration – up to 2.5 g • Smallest programmable measurement path X/Y/Z 0,5 mkm • Position accuracy +50 mkm/m • Repetition tolerance 10 mkm/m Competitive advantages • Best price-to-perfomance ratio • Low ownership cost • High reliability • High safety • Automated determination of the sheet metal position on the cutting table Price-to-perfomance • cutting speed 1.1 - 3 times higher • part of useful laser time provides a low cost of production Low cost • power consumption • operating costs • space Reliability • warranty period - 17 500 hours or 2 years • 24/7 • laser diodes substitution 50 000 hrs. • guides and linear motors resource over 100 000 km Reliable components from the best suppliers provide the reliability of the machine. • IPG Photonics or Rofin Sinar fiber laser • INA linear guidance systems • IGUS cable carriers • RENISHAW linear encoders • SIEMENS linear motors • DELTA TAU CNC • FESTO and CAMOZZI pneumatic components Benefits over machines similar in operation • One linear motor on each axis - reliability and control at high speeds • Rigidity and vibration resistance • Best rate between moving and static weight of the machine • Composite Y-beam – Russian aerospace technologies • Editable software – creation of new technologies for specific customer’s tasks and materials • Coordinate table design has the upgrade ability to increase productivity of at least 1.8 times • A wide range of models, scalable machine design • Pallet shuttle changing system Latest research • Suppression system resonance oscillations in HSM is designed to accelerate the machine to 5g • Sealed cutting head with automatic focus adjustment and rapid replacement of the focusing lens • A more productive control system with high fidelity given circuit • Automated nozzle changing system Geography More than 100 laser cutting mashines are installed in Russia Equipment purchased and installed in • Estonia 2 • Lithuania 2 • Bulgaria 1 • Belarus 2 • Kazakhstan 2 Thank you for your attention! Questions? www.vnitep.ru