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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Wolfgang Scholich-tessmann, Böblingen, DE;
Andreas Milich, Hemmingen, DE;
Inventors:
Wolfgang Scholich-Tessmann, Böblingen, DE;
Andreas Milich, Hemmingen, DE;
Assignee:
TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is performed for determining a suitable workpiece processing focal position of a laser beam. The method includes adjusting one or more of a laser beam and a workpiece until a periphery of the laser beam contacts a lateral edge of the workpiece, determining, from at least a focal position of the laser beam associated with the peripheral beam contact with the workpiece, a suitable workpiece processing focal position of the laser beam, and then adjusting the laser beam to the suitable workpiece processing focal position.