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metal a year with sections measuring
5,000mm x 45,000mm x 10mm with an
optimisation potential of 50mm on each
side when cutting the width. Each ton of
steel sheet metal sold yields a profit of
€400 per ton with a sales price of €650
per ton and scrap price of €250 per ton.
If you could reduce the amount of scrap
when cutting to size by just 2 per cent,
you could save or earn, actually, up to
€8mn.”
The sensors of the Antaris series
use a triangulation method. A laser
beam is reflected off the surface of the
measured object and and is projected
by a lens system and deflection mirror
onto a light-sensitive target camera.
Depending on the distance from the
measured object, the position of the
point of light changes. The signal
processor calculates the distance
between the sensor and surface of the
steel products from this data.
By using LAP measuring systems,
customers avoid excess slab weight.
This helps guarantee the per metre
weight in sheet metal production,
for example. Not only do you save
material, you refine production in the
energy intensive steel industry. “In
addition, these savings mean that
the LAP measuring systems pay for
themselves quickly, as the calculation
example shows,” notes Dr Schulz.
“Don’t remelt, measure,” could be the
motto of all steel manufacturers in the
future.
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Laser Mechanisms
Belgium Hall 15 Stand K59
LASER Mechanisms will use
EuroBLECH 2012 to introduce an all-
new auto-focus, motor-driven lens
processing head for X-Y flatbed laser
cutters. Featuring three separate lens
drawers, the head can use 125mm,
200mm and 250mm focal length lenses
that are programmable for optimum
processing of materials of varying
thicknesses.
Also slated for introduction at
EuroBLECH is the company’s new
zoom collimator. This next generation
collimator can vary the spot size while
using the same focus lens, allowing
the processing of different materials
and thicknesses using the same beam
delivery.
In addition, Laser Mechanisms will
show, for the first time, a new z-axis slide
for its FiberMini line of laser processing
heads. For use on X-Y flatbed laser
cutters, the slide simplifies design
requirements for machine builders by
directly packaging the z-axis with the
cutting head.
Also on display will be the company’s
complete line of FiberCut processing
heads for robotic applications, the
FiberMini series for X-Y flatbed cutters,
and the µKerf head for micromachining.
“The multiple product introductions we
have planned, combined with all of the
new designs we’ve launched in recent
years, should result in strong crowds at
Laser Mech’s EuroBLECH booth,” said
Dr Arvi Ramaswami, managing director
of Laser Mech Europe. “Even though
we’ve publically announced several
product introductions for EuroBLECH,
we still may have a few surprises at the
show.”
Founded in 1980, Laser Mechanisms,
Inc designs and manufactures laser
beam delivery components and
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