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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gmbh + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B23K 31/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B23K 10/00 (2013.01); B23K 10/006 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); B23K 26/702 (2015.10); B23K 31/12 (2013.01); B23K 31/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, devices and systems for detecting an incomplete cutting action when cutting a workpiece with a high-energy beam are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes taking an image of a region of the workpiece to be monitored, the region including an interaction region of the high-energy beam with the workpiece, evaluating the image taken in order to detect pooled slag at an end of the interaction region opposite a cutting front, and detecting whether a related cutting action is incomplete based on an occurrence of detection of pooled slag.