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Laser processing machines and methods of processing workpieces

US8217301B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Frank Schmauder · Metzingen, DE
Andreas Bunz · Echterdingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 28, 2008
Grant date	Jul 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB23P23/04
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A laser processing machine for processing workpieces, in particular metal sheets, includes a workpiece support and a beam receiver for the laser beam used as a processing tool. The distance between a workpiece lying on the workpiece support and the beam receiver is variable, owing to the fact that the workpiece support and the beam receiver are positionable relative to one another along the beam axis of the laser beam by means of an adjusting drive of an adjusting device with a positioning movement of a variably definable magnitude. A method for processing workpieces, in particular metal sheets, is also provided.

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