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News Release from: Prima North America | Subject: 790 BeamDirector 5-axis laser machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 August 2002
3D laser system machines, drills and
welds
Laser system offers volumetric accuracy for the production machining, drilling and welding of 3D parts for aerospace, automotive and domestic appliance applications.
Laser system offers volumetric accuracy for the production machining, drilling and welding of 3D parts for aerospace, automotive and domestic appliance applications Laserdyne's new 790 BeamDirector is a 5-axis laser machine designed to drill, cut and weld medium to large 3-D parts with a moving beam motion system
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Operating at speeds up to 80in/min in the X, Y, Z axis (0-2000mm/min), the 790 BeamDirector is accurate to +/- 0.0004in (0.01mm) per 20in (500mm).
This accuracy is throughout the system's work envelope (called 'volumetric accuracy') and not just in a small area known as the sweet spot common to most other multi-axis laser systems.
Designed, built and tested to ASME B 5 5.54 and ISO 230 standards, the 790 Beam Director is assembled atop a rigid granite base.
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Programming the 790 BeamDirector includes online TeachVision (optional) or offline CAD/post processor software (optional) for quick implementation of part design to the shop floor or fast and easy program changes.
Typical 790 BeamDirector customer applications include combustion liners, exhaust and heat shields, tubing and hydro-formed parts, nozzle guide vanes and blades, stamped parts and spinners, automotive prototypes, and white goods.
790 BeamDirector Specifications include: * Rotary axes beam director C +/- 450deg and beam director D +/- 135deg.
(45deg above horizontal) * Speed X, Y, Z 0-800in/min (0-2000mm/min) and C, D 0-27 rpm.
* Accuracy X, Y, Z is +/-0.0004in (0.01mm) per 20in (500mm); +/- 0.0008in (0.02 mm) full travel and C, D +/-15 arc seconds.
* Repeatability within 0.0008in (0.02mm).
within 15 arc seconds * Electrical Laser and Workstation: 400VAC, 50Hz 3 Phase, +/-6% European and 480VAC, 60Hz 3 Phase, +/-6% domestic .
(This was Manufacturingtalk's Top Story on 29 August 2002).
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