Sensor Manufacturing – Several Steps with a Single Laser System

Manufacturers of sensors are often in need of a simple and affordable solution for carrying out multiple processing steps in production. Because as diverse the tasks and application areas of sensors are, as manifold are their designs.

It is often necessary to joint wires on a sensor, close sheathed tubes and end faces, or expose conductors. The welding seam must always be tight and visually appealing.

ALPHA LASER offers a consistent laser-based concept for all of these tasks, with which the following processing steps can be carried out: micro welding, contact welding, tube scribing, tube cutting, sheath and end face welding.

Your benefits at a glance:

You buy only the base machine (laser and machining table)
A separate table insert is available for any application, which you
can purchase at a later time
The laser power is selected based upon your components
Visually appealing welding seams

Advantages

How Does Such a Sensor Processing Procedure Work?

First, the sensors are welded to the contacts inside the tube. This is where the “micro welding” insert is used.
The “circular welding” insert is used next, in which a specially developed holding and rotating fixture properly positions the components
horizontally and vertically. Spot welding is used first for initial fixing, followed by circular welding. This process is CNC-controlled.
After filling in the insulating powder, the sheath element is hermetically sealed by welding on a pastille (end face welding).

To joint long workpieces such as wires in cables or capillary tubes, the closed laser devices AL-Q or ALO 100 feature openings with bristle grips.
These long workpieces can be inserted bundled and laser-proof into the working chamber and welded there.

Examples

Suitable Products

AL-TW Stable working table with integrated fiber laser. Available with 300, 450, 600 or 900 Watts. Welding in pulsed mode or in continuous mode is possible. Open product	ALW / ALW Fiber Laser welding in the manufacturing environment without additional safety measures. Choice of laser source and laser power. For workpieces up to 400 kg. Open product	ALV / ALV Fiber Compact laser welding system that can also be placed in a small workshop. And yet everything is included: laser, travel system, extraction and laser safety. For workpieces up to 50 kg. Open product
AL-Q Open product	VLO 60 Compact desktop laser device for manual welding. Open product	ALO If you need to weld long or bulky parts quickly, manually and flexibly, if you are looking for a simple load and want to work in the shielded laser safety area, then the ALO is the ideal device. Open product
AL-SWS Interesting and flexible system for the production of sensors. Open product

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