| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7429034 |
Apparatus and method for thermal cutting of a workpiece |
September 30, 2008 |
| An apparatus for thermal cutting of workpieces includes a cutting means for separating a workpiece into a finished part and a residual part, a workpiece support, and support elements for supporting the workpiece. Separate first and second support elements are provided for adjustable |
| 7427258 |
Counter-rotating spindle transmission |
September 23, 2008 |
| There is provided a counter-rotating spindle transmission. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a punching machine comprising a tool bearing configured to mate with a punching tool, a rotary/lifting drive coupled to the tool bearing to move the tool bearing axially |
| 7321104 |
Cooling duct of a laser processing machine |
January 22, 2008 |
| An apparatus for the removal of waste heat and material during laser cutting of a hollow workpiece by a laser beam includes a duct with external dimensions that permit insertion of at least a portion of the duct within the hollow workpiece, a chamber within the duct for receiving the |
| 7315008 |
Laser welding systems and methods |
January 1, 2008 |
| A laser processing configuration, in particular for laser welding of three-dimensional components, includes a first optical element for dividing a laser beam into at least two partial beams, and a second optical element for focusing the partial beams. The first and the second optical |
| 7273997 |
Laser processing nozzle coupling |
September 25, 2007 |
| A laser processing nozzle coupling assembly for connecting a laser processing nozzle to a laser processing head includes a hollow sleeve, a laser processing nozzle adapted to be removably coupled to the sleeve, and a collar for coupling the nozzle to the sleeve. The nozzle is displac |
| 7223935 |
Laser processing head |
May 29, 2007 |
| A nozzle of a laser processing head for laser cutting and laser welding includes a laser beam outlet for directing a laser beam towards a processing location of a workpiece to be processed, a first gas supply channel for supplying a cutting gas towards the processing location of a wo |
| 7168277 |
Press with a device for detecting a mutual reference position of tool parts of a pressing tool |
January 30, 2007 |
| Devices are provided for detecting a mutual reference position of tool parts of a pressing tool, e.g., a punch and die. The device include (a) first and second reference elements that are moveable, by the pressing device, into a relative position that corresponds to a predetermined r |
| 7157662 |
Collision protection device of a laser processing head |
January 2, 2007 |
| A laser processing head collision protection apparatus includes a carrier member, and a laser processing head detachably coupled to the carrier member by a plurality of pairs of truncated cones. |
| 7104105 |
Method and apparatus for producing a threaded projection on a plate-shaped workpiece |
September 12, 2006 |
| A method, machine system and thread cutting device for producing a threaded projection on a plate-shaped workpiece and in particular on a sheet-metal workpiece. A workpiece lug (2) is cut with a threaded contour in the principal plane of the workpiece and at least a section of the wo |
| 7102806 |
Pressure sensitive deformable mirror |
September 5, 2006 |
| A deformable mirror includes a reflecting surface disposed on a diaphragm and a diaphragm carrier that supports the diaphragm. The diaphragm carrier defines a non-circular, pressurizable rear surface of the diaphragm. |
| 7047098 |
Process and device for producing a shaped body by selective laser melting |
May 16, 2006 |
| The invention relates to a process for producing a shaped body by selective laser melting, in which a shaped body is built up from pulverulent metallic material using CAD data of a model, in which a powder layer is applied using an applicator unit, and in which the applied powder lay |
| 6995335 |
Method of thermal processing of a metal workpiece |
February 7, 2006 |
| A method of thermal processing a metal workpiece that includes a surface oxide layer includes abrading a portion of the surface oxide layer by generating a plasma at the oxide surface layer of the metal workpiece, and melting a portion the workpiece by shining a laser beam at the abr |
| 6956183 |
Apparatus and method for thermal cutting of a workpiece |
October 18, 2005 |
| An apparatus for thermal cutting of workpieces includes a cutting means for separating a workpiece into a finished part and a residual part, a workpiece support, and support elements for supporting the workpiece. Separate first and second support elements are provided for adjustable |
| 6955071 |
Mechanical bending apparatus |
October 18, 2005 |
| A mechanical bending device (8) for bending flat workpieces (6) has at least one bending tool assembly (9) which includes at least one tool part that can move by means of a bending tool drive (27). When acted on by the tool part that moves, the workpiece can be bent along a bending line |
| 6934017 |
Method and device for detection of information on optical elements, particularly for monitoring |
August 23, 2005 |
| A method for detection of information on at least one optical element for monitoring an equipment, in which an electromagnetic radiation is shaped or guided by the at least one optical element, particularly for monitoring a laser arrangement. A change of at least one physical quantity in |
| 6923103 |
Machine for the continuous multi-stroke slotting of plate-shaped workpieces |
August 2, 2005 |
| A machine for the multi-stroke, continuous slotting of plate-shaped workpieces and especially sheet metal plates is described. A slotting tool (16) and the workpiece are movable in a forward direction relative to each other in a gate-cutting function and in at least one subsequent slot |
| 6720683 |
Machine tool with a linear drive for machining element |
April 13, 2004 |
| A machine tool has an operating unit that can be moved by at least one linear motor (24) along a first guide structure in the direction of a first axis of travel (z-axis) and by at least one second linear motor (21, 22) jointly with the first guide structure along a second guide structur |
| 6586706 |
Laser machine tool with beam guide |
July 1, 2003 |
| A machine tool for the machining of workpieces by means of a laser beam (13) includes a laser beam generator (12) that is located in an elevated position relative to a beam bender system (19) of a beam trombone (20). The beam bender system (19) of the trombone (20) can be moved under the |
