LASER APPLICATIONS
LASER APPLICATIONS
JR Automation’s laser applications are more than just special effects. We offer advanced expertise in laser welding, cutting, marking, and inspection.
WHAT ARE LASER AUTOMATION APPLICATIONS?
From general manufacturing to aerospace, automotive to consumer electronics, companies can integrate automated laser technology to improve precision, efficiency, and repeatability. Typically combining robotics and vision, automated laser systems are precise, efficient, and lower-heat options for welding, cutting, marking, and ablating materials. While automated laser equipment is not new, recent advances have made industrial applications more cost-effective. Laser welding and laser inspection are becoming the best option for specific, small-part manufacturing to meet robust quality standards.
LASER WELDING
Laser welding is one of the most popular applications of robotics automation. Companies use a combination of robotic arms, sensors, feeding systems, weld cells, and tools to streamline laser welding processes to improve accuracy and quality. Our past customers work in automotive, battery and energy, aerospace, and consumer products. Our automotive customers have successfully optimized laser welding for seat frames and powertrain components such as welding gears and subframe structures.
Laser welding applications use less heat than traditional welding methods. We have helped companies use wire-feed laser welding systems for processing electronics parts, welding batteries, and exotic materials like brass and copper. These are just a few examples of laser applications.
LASER CUTTING
Automated laser cutting is an excellent opportunity to increase capacity, speed, and consistency. Feeding and laser cutting machines can cut to the same specifications over and over or can be more flexible to adapt to changing dimensions, widths, parts, or quota.
LASER MARKING
Industrial laser marking automation can ensure accurate and repeatable marks on all types and gauges of material for seriability and traceability. Companies can integrate feeding and marking systems within their manufacturing or welding lines to improve traceability. We’ve worked with many vendors, including Keyence, Telesis, and more, to optimize marking processes.
BENEFITS OF USING LASER AUTOMATION
Robotic laser systems are precise, accurate, and fast. While traditional welding methods may have a wider acceptable margin of error, laser applications can improve your processes once experienced engineers and integrators have dialed them in. Benefits of automated laser systems include:
- Improved speed
- Higher capacity
- Improved accuracy
- Reduced labor costs
- Improved traceability and serialization
