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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1990
Prima Industries S.p.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
A machine for relatively displacing in space a workpiece and a laser head having a nozzle supplying a laser beam together with a stream of gas suitable for the operation being performed (cutting or welding); which machine provides for switching fully automatically, and without changing the laser head, from one type of operation to the other, by virtue of the nozzle presenting a removable portion designed according to the type of operation being performed, and first releasable gripping means for gripping the removable portion; and by virtue of the machine comprising a nozzle refitting station having second releasable gripping means for gripping the removable portion, and means for selectively connecting/disconnecting the first and second gripping means.