triving after innovation is an impor-
tant part of SCHERDEL's corpo-
rate culture. The aim is to increase the
benefit for the customer by means of in-
novative products with new functions,
improved characteristics and optimized
production costs. Above all, the use of
new materials and production process-
es often helps to achieve great
progress in the production of compo-
nents. Today, for example, it is possible
to use laser technology profitably in ar-
eas where, a few years ago, this still
seemed unlikely.
At SCHERDEL, laser systems for in-
dustrial metal working are used. Here,
the most important tasks are laser-
welding, -cutting, -hardening and
-marking. Compared to other industrial
applications – such as medical technol-
ogy for example – the systems require
a much higher power output. The ad-
vantage of the laser in metal working
therefore consists in the high degree of
available power (recently as much as
100 kW) which can be concentrated on
a very small area (minimum focus di-
ameter less than 0.02 mm). This means
that machining can be done at a high
speed, with great precision and mini-
mum deformation. SCHERDEL has had
experience in laser machining of mate-
rials for some time now. For example
the flexibility of laser cutting is used for
the manufacture of prototypes made of
flat material. In the Waldershof factory
the production unit is equipped with two
welding lasers; in the Hamuel sub-
sidiary there is a flat-bed laser cutting
installation. On the basis of customer
inquiries, various feasibility studies re-
lating to laser welding were carried out.
This increased the SCHERDEL
Group's
knowledge of this production process to
a considerable extent.
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SCHERDEL extends know-how still further in relatio
Circumferential welding on copper using a
scanner optic
Welding a T-joint to copper with a
thickness of 3.0 mm
Welding the ends of a ring made of
constructional steel St 37
Welding on copper with a single
mode fibre laser
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