Laser Robots
CO2 laser robot with patented integrated beam guidance.
CO2 laser robot trimming fabric on plastic moulded part.
Laser cutting of metals with fast distance control optics.
RLP portal laser robot with large working envelope.
Olympus can supply robots and complete solutions for laser welding and cutting. Reis laser robots can be programmed to trace complex three dimensional paths with extreme precision and repeatability at high but controlled speed.
Robots are available with laser powers up to 8kW with the latest fibre lasers or 2kW with CO2 lasers.
Reis' patented CO2 laser robot design uses mirrors to transmit the laser beam through the centre of the robot arm to integrated optics at the centre of the robot head. This optimises flexibility and accessiblity to the workpiece, and offers good protection of the laser components.
Following a similar principle to the CO2 laser robot, the fibre laser robot uses fibre optic cable routed through centre of the robot arm and then uses mirrors at the wrist axis and compact optics on the centreline of the robot head.
A range of optics are available for cutting, welding and cladding, including optics with dynamically controlled focal length and optics with built in powder feed for welding and cladding. Laser wire feed equipment for laser welding and cladding is also available.
Software features are built into the robot control to allow for very speed processing. The MinMove function for example, automatically optimises the programmed robot positions to minimise unnecessary axis movements where only the position of the laser spot and not the exact angle is important.
