Programmierstrategien für Handhabungsmaschinen zur Lasermaterialbearbeitung

Laser Material Processing is done by the help of various handling systems with different kinematics, which are mainly programmed by hand in the "Teach- In" mode. Since this method spends a lot of time especially in case of complex shaped 3-dimensional workpieces and mistakes by the operator cannot be avoided, a semi-automatic programming concept has been developed. During an automatic cycle distance and orientation for discrete path points are measured. With a standard sensor device and a modular structured software, which is directly implemented into the controller of the handling system, a considerable reduction of programming time has been achieved.