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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Eberhard Wahl, Weilheim, DE;
Karel Vincke, Oedelem, BE;
Matthias Himmelsbach, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/42 (2006.01); H01S 3/041 (2006.01); B23K 26/14 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); H01S 3/036 (2006.01); H01S 3/04 (2006.01); H01S 3/223 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/041 (2013.01); B23K 26/14 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); H01S 3/036 (2013.01); H01S 3/0407 (2013.01); H01S 3/2232 (2013.01); Y02P 70/181 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method for the recovery of energy from a laser machining system and a device for performing the same, in which the method includes operating the laser machining system and generating thermal energy having a maximum temperature T, removing at least a portion of the thermal energy, and recirculating the at least a portion of the thermal energy to the laser machining system.