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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Gerald F. Hermann, Westland, MI (US);
Mark S. Leybzun, Commerce, MI (US);
GSI Lumonics Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
A laser cutting or welding device, the device having a laser head ( ) and a robot ( ), wherein the laser head is attached to the robot ( ). The laser head ( ) has a housing ( ), a focal lens ( ) disposed within the housing and a light source ( ) in optical communication with the focal lens ( ). The housing ( ) has a nozzle with a tip ( ), the tip having an exit port ( ). The laser head ( ) has means ( ) for adjusting a light path of a light beam directed from the light source onto a focal optic to center a focusing beam formed by the focal optic coaxial with the tip. In one aspect hereof, the laser device has a crash avoidance system.