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Machining device and method for machining material

US8410392B2 · kind B2 · utility

20Cited by

3References

6Claims

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Assignee

PRECITEC OPTRONIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Markus Kogel-Hollacher · Haibach, DE
Christoph Dietz · Obertshausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2008
Grant date	Apr 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N21/4795
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a machining device (10) comprising at least one machining head (16) designed to provide at least one high-energy machining beam (22), especially an electron or laser beam. Such a machining device is used to remove material from workpieces (28) or for connecting workpieces (28) by bonding, especially by means of welding. According to the invention, at least one scanning device (32) designed as an optical coherence tomograph and provided for surface scanning is associated with the machining head (16). The invention also relates to a method for machining material using a high-energy machining beam for scanning surface areas of a workpiece which is machined, not yet machined, or being machined, by means of an optical coherence tomograph.

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