Optics & Photonics Days 2014 OPD2014

1. Working with Sheet Metal
- Integrators view on using lasers for sheet
metal processing
Optics & Photonics Days 2014
Tom Fabritius / Finn-Power Oy 22.5.2014

2. Machinery Division Electronics & laser technologies
Laser and sheet metal
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fabrication machinery: 2D and
3D laser cutting, welding and
drilling, punching, combined
punching/laser or
punching/shearing, bending,
automation and FMS.
Industrial electronics (power
and control electronics,
numerical controls).
High power CO2 and Nd:YAG
laser sources for industrial
applications.

3. PRODUCT RANGE
The Punch
The Laser
The Bend
The Combi
The System
The Software
The Bend
The Software
The Punch The Laser
The Combi
The System

4. A BRIEF HISTORY OF FINNISH LASER CUTTING
8/8/1426.3.2012
MACHINERY
1 9 6 9 Lillbackan Konepaja established
1 9 8 3 First generation of TP turret punch presses
All Rights reserved - Mikko Fiskaali 4
introduced
1 9 8 9 First punch / laser combi machines
1 9 9 7 Punch / laser combi machines
serial production
1 9 9 9 30 years of business activity
FPL6 flying optics laser machine

5. 8/8/1426.3.2012
A BRIEF HISTORY
2 0 0 4 L6 flying optics laser
2 0 0 8 Finn-Power Oy acquired by
Prima Industrie
2 0 0 9 First Combi with fiber laser
All Rights reserved - Mikko Fiskaali 5
introduced
2 0 1 1 Prima Power brand
introduced
2 0 1 3 Latest generation of
LPe6/8f Combi

6. The Punch
The Laser
The Bend
The Combi
The System
The Software
The Bend
The Software
The Punch The Laser
The Combi
The System
Right angle Shear Integrated Punch-Laser Technology
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PRODUCT RANGE

7. LPE6F
Pallets for laser
cut parts
Laser cutting
head
Punch turret
Table for
moving the
sheet
Drop door
sorting

8. PUNCHING VS. LASER CUTTING
Integrated punch laser cutting technology
• Punching always when tools
available
• Laser for arbitrary shapes

9. INTEGRATED LASER CUTTING TECHNOLOGY
Forming Laser cutting
Tapping
Punching
Bending
Marking

10. INTEGRATED LASER CUTTING TECHNOLOGY
• No nibble marks
• Small radius corners
• Circular contours
• Large cut outs
• Any shape
Small radius

11. INTEGRATED LASER CUTTING TECHNOLOGY
• No nibble marks
• Small radius corners
• Circular contours
• Large cut outs
• Any shape

12. INTEGRATED LASER CUTTING TECHNOLOGY
• No nibble marks
• Small radius corners
• Circular contours
• Large cut outs
• Any shape
• No special tooling

13. AUTOMATION OF PRODUCTION
Loading & unloading Loading. part pick-up &
stacking, unloading
Loading. part pick-up &
stacking, unloading,
storage

14. AUTOMATION OF PRODUCTION
• LSR robot for part pickup as well as for loading/unloading
sheets
• Pickup from punch head or laser cutting head
• Important to have good cut quality
• Robot assisted last cut (RALC) for reliability

15. LPBB
8/8/14
1) Direct connection to EBe (parts
directly from cutting head)
2) Part turning device of PCD
3) Positioning conveyor device PCD
4) Wagon for external parts feed in
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Janne Mäkelä, Finn-Power Oy, All rights reserved, CONFIDENTIAL 15

16. LPBB WITH NIGHT TRAIN AUTOMATIC STORAGE
8/8/14
1) Night Train connection for LSR
2) Night Train connection for PCD
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2
Janne Mäkelä, Finn-Power Oy, All rights reserved, CONFIDENTIAL 16

17. The Punch
The Laser
The Bend
The Combi
The System
The Software
The Bend
The Software
The Punch
The Combi
The System
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PRODUCT RANGE
2D and 3D lasers, CO2 and fiber

18. PRIMA POWER FLYING OPTICS LASERS
2D CO2 and fiber lasers cutting
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18/4/2012
Zaphiro Platino
Platino Fiber
Domino
Syncrono Maximo

19. AUTOMATION FOR FLYING OPTICS MACHINES
• Part pickup for flying optics machines
• Directly after the part is cut for added reliability

20. 3D LASER MACHINES
April 2014
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3D LASER MACHINES
CO2, fiber and Nd:YAG lasers
Optimo
Laserdyne 795
CUTTING
WELDING
DRILLING
Laserdyne 430
Rapido

21. Not just simple flatbed cutting but complete
automated systems for production from
sheets to finished products

22. Sheet metal processing
from Prima Power
Thank you
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