АМАDA презентует 4кВт волоконный лазер

Европейский офис продаж AMADA

AMADA объявила о выводе на мировой рынок промышленных лазеров  первого 4 кВт волоконного лазера.
Президент AMADA г-н Мицуо Окамото считает, что волоконные лазеры -  следующее поколение промышленного лазерного оборудования.

На рынке лазеров AMADA с 1979 года

Новый промышленный волоконный лазер AMADA (предварительное название лазерного комплекса «FOL-Fiber») будет представлен на выставке EuroBLECH, которая пройдет в Германии (Ганновер) в октябре 2010 года.
Начать продажи FOL-Fiber на внутреннем рынке AMADA планирует в мае 2011 года.

С июня 2011 года AMADA планирует вывести лазер нового поколения на мировой рынок. Планируемое количество продаж волоконного лазера FOL-Fiber в первый год — 50 единиц.
FOL-Fiber, оснащённый лазерным волокном, может обрабатывать
медь, латунь, титан, неметаллические материалы и другие материалы, которые не в состоянии обработать СО2 лазер.

Промышленный лазер

Кроме того, новый станок расходует меньше электроэнергии, чем газовые лазеры, а также обладает функцией автоматической настройки оптимальных условий обработки.
Высокое качество лазерного пучка с большой глубиной очага на
длине волны 1 микрометр дает возможность ультратонкой обработки — шириной 100
микрометров, и позволяет достичь сверхвысокую скорость обработки тонкойNEWS RELEASE Fiber Laser Oscillator (4kw)
нержавеющей стали в 1 мм ( 60 метров в минуту).

Лазерная резка

Скорость обработки нержавеющей стали и листового алюминия волоконным лазером в 2,5-3 раза меньше, чем у СО2 лазера).
Помимо того, что FOL-Fiber менее энергозатратна, новая машина и экологичнее газовых лазеров.
Экономическая эффективность волоконного лазера — прежде всего в сокращении текущих расходов на его содержание  (газы, электроэнергия, обслуживание).

Продолжение следует.

Видеопрезентация волоконного  лазера FOL-Fiber ЗДЕСЬ

Видеопрезентация AMADA ЗДЕСЬ

Первые впечатления от моего  посещения AMADA ЗДЕСЬ и ЗДЕСЬ

Материалы для статьи подготовлены

Мариной  Волковой, «Лазерные технологии»,

на основе пресс-релиза AMADA

Пресс-релиз AMADA на английском

языке:

NEWS RELEASE
*AMADA (trademark)
AMADA CO., LTD.
(“AMADA”)
[PBLICITY&IR DEPT.]
[Fumio Kimura]
Tel: 0463-96-3105 FAX: 0463-94-9781
URL:http://www.amada.co.jp
Address: 200, Ishida, Isehara-City, Kanagawa
259-1196, Japan
AMADA Having Succeeded Development of
World’s First (a 4kW Output) Fiber Laser Oscillator
. Bringing to the World Market Linear-Drive Cut Processing Machines
Equipped with Fiber Laser Oscillators.
AMADA (represented by Mr. Mitsuo Okamoto as its president) has succeeded the
development of fiber laser oscillator which is expected to be the next-generation laser
equipment in the world. AMADA has made optical engine as light source composed of
modules and attempts to downsize an oscillator which is an innovative one to be added
even after installation of machines. AMADA has developed a linear-drive laser
processing machine which has a processing speed fastest in the world, equipped with a
4kW output fiber laser oscillator (Product name=AFL). AMADA is scheduled to exhibit
the same as fiber laser processing machine (tentatively called as “FOL-Fiber”) in
EUROBLECH, a sheet metal working exhibition to be held in Germany in October 2010.
AMADA is going to sell the same in its domestic market in May, 2011 as a first shot of
the next-generation laser processing machines and, then, to release the same in the
world market simultaneously in June, 2011. Planned numbers of sales of FOL-Fiber in
the first year are 50 units where the sale price thereof is to be advised.
Newly developed FOL-Fiber is a machine upgrading readiness and support for
processing in that FOL is equipped with fiber laser oscillator and fused with new
application technology. It will have a supreme character to satisfy all requirements
(handling of unworkable materials, energy saving and intelligence) for the

new-generation laser processing machines.
As a result, FOL-Fiber enables a processing of copper, brass, titanium, nonmetal
and so forth, processing of which was not capable by CO2 laser and also enables an
auto-configuration of optimum processing conditions by software for new materials
processing technology. Moreover, high-grade laser beam with longer focal depth at a
wavelength of one micrometer enables an ultra-fine processing in one hundred
micrometers width and brings to realization an ultrahigh-speed processing of thin
stainless sheet in 1 mm thickness (at a speed of 60 meters per minute). Such high-grade
laser beam creates a processing that may take advantage of fiber laser characteristic by
drastically advancing a processing speed of stainless sheet and aluminum sheet (2.5
through 3 times as speedy as one by CO2 laser). At the same time, it brings to
realization a Roughness minimum comparable with one by CO2 laser in high-grade
processing of mild steel in 16 mm thickness and will be able to prove a reliable
processing ability.
By FOL-Fiber, customers can work out an expansion of business with regard to raw
materials which CO2 laser was not capable of processing so far and Amada is going to
make a proposal to customers for an enhancement of working conditions such as energy
saving and maintenance saving by taking advantage of excellent characteristic in
energy conversion efficiency.
Also, machine body has a simplified oscillating structure and does not require a
warming-up operation and customers can expect an enhancement of ambient
surrounding with drastic cutbacks of standby energy and reduction of floating dust as
well. In addition, as FOL-Fiber does not require laser gas and may save external optical
devices to a great extent, it has a good economic efficiency in cutting down 70 percent or
more of running costs in comparison with laser processing machine equipped with CO2
laser oscillator. FOL-Fiber can cut down CO2 emission volume to a large extent in
environmental load and is such new product to be conducive to big objective to cut down
25 percent of greenhouse effect gas.
As a progress of new product, Amada made a start for evaluating processing
technology based on commercially-produced fiber laser oscillator from 2005. Amada
determined to be provided with basic components by JDS Uniphase Corporation (*1)
in the U.S. at that time and independently amplified peripheral technology (*2) in

connecting these basic components to laser processing machines and has succeeded
development of fiber laser oscillator this time. Newly developed oscillator “Amada Fiber
Laser” (AFL) differs from those produced by other companies in that its optical engine
adopts method of directly oscillating Yb (ytterbium) doped active fiber by laser diode
(LD) as pumping light and amplified beam is guided seamlessly through fiber. Fiber
laser module as one unit that constitutes a portion of an oscillator has 600w output
power. By accumulating such modules, overall output power can be enlarged and
determined. If seven modules are accumulated, fiber laser oscillator with 4kW output
power can be completed.
Combination of optical engine as light source composed of modules enables an
expansion of product line-up with various output powers which will be suited for
application for sheet metal processing (with high output power) as well as
micro-fabrication for cutting (with low output power) and will also enable finely-tuned
response to customers’ demands. Amada is going to advance reclamation of potential
customers who will determine to take the introduction of FOL-Fiber and new market.
In the areas of fiber laser in domestic and overseas market, manufacturers of laser
processing machines and those of laser oscillators are separated and there is no
integrated manufacturer thereof. This time, Amada has succeeded development of laser
oscillator, and, thus, integrated manufacturer of laser processing machine and laser
oscillator has come into the world for the first time.
Meanwhile, Amada has already made an investment of 1,500,000,000 Japanese
Yen in the development of fiber laser oscillator and is scheduled to manufacture
FOL-Fiber equipped with fiber laser oscillators at the most-advanced processing
technology factory (whose investment amount is 2,000,000,000 Japanese Yen) to be built
at Fujinomiya business place.
*1: JDS Uniphase Corporation
The corporation was organized and established in 1999 in the U.S. and has
a laboratory in San Jose, which manufactures and sells parts, assemblies,
components and devices for optical networking and measuring equipment,
display, office automation equipment, parts and assemblies for optical thin
films with multilevel coating, optical components, high output
semiconductor lasers and industrial lasers.

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2: Peripheral Technology
This term means chassis, electrical source and NC interface technology
Period.