Laser laboratory equipment
The laboratory is equipped for advanced research, training and demanding industrial missions. The following equipment is available:
Laser sources and process heads
- IPG YLR-15000 Fiber Laser
15 kW continuous laser power with wavelength 1070 nm. 2x 400 µm process fiber via external two-way beam changer. - IPG YLS-5000 Fiber Laser
5 kW continuous laser power with wavelength 1070 nm. 1x 100 µm + 1x 200 µm process fiber via internal two-way beam changer. - IPG YLR-300 MM/AC Fiber laser
300 W continuous laser power with wavelength 1070 nm. 50 µm process fiber with existing optics provides a minimum focusable focal point diameter of 75 µm. - PRECITEC YW50
Standard collimator 150 mm. Focal lengths 150, 200, 300 and 500 mm. Max. laser power 20 kW. - PRECITEC YW52
Standard collimator 150 mm. Focal lengths 150 and 250 mm. Max. laser power 20 kW. - PRECITEC YW52
Motorized collimator 150 mm ±8 mm. Focal lengths 150 and 250 mm. Max. laser power 20 kW. - PRECITEC HP-SSL-PLUS
Cutting optics. Max. laser power 6 kW. - KUGLER mirror optic LK390F
Standard collimator 150 mm. 5 different focusing mirrors for beam design. Max. laser power 20 kW. - IPG FLW-D30L
Standard collimator 100 mm. Focal lengths 150 and 250 mm. Max. laser power 6 kW. - FRAUNHOFER Coax Powder Nozzle 14V5
Head with coaxial powder feed for cladding, additive manufacturing etc. Max. laser power 8 kW. - ADLOPTICA quattroXX
Beam shaping optics with up to four adjustable focal points. Max. laser power 6 kW. - PERMANOVA Scanner Optics PNA-ITEM-000916
Max. power 6 kW (8 kW with Nitrogen cooling), Fc 120 mm, Ff 200 mm. Working area Ø15 mm.
Workstations
- ISEL Flatcom L150
XYZ= 1500x1700x300 mm. Max. feeding speed 15 m/min. Repetition accuracy 0,02 mm. Extra equipped with 1x B-axis LES-5 (linear 500 mm) + 1x A-axis RDH-M (rotation max. 69 rpm). - ISEL Euromod MP65
XYZ= 1000x650x350 mm. Max. feeding speed 15 m/min. Repetition accuracy 0.02 mm. Extra equipped with 1x A-axis RDH-M (rotation max 69 rpm). - ABB IRB 4400/60
6-axis industrial robot. Working range R1.96 m. Working load 60 kg. Repetition accuracy 0.19 mm. Extra equipped with manipulator IRBP L1000 max. rotation 150 °/second. - MOTOMAN YR-UP50
6-axis industrial robot. Working range R2.04 m. Working load 50 kg. Repetition accuracy 0.14 mm. Extra equipped with manipulator.
Laser Additive Manufacturing
- ACONITY3D Mini
LPBF 3D metal printer. Build volume Ø 140/55 x H 190 mm. Laser source single mode 400 W. Preheating 500 °C (option). Max. scanning speed 4 m/s. Minimum powder layer 10 µm. - FRAUNHOFER Coax Powder Nozzle 14V5
Max. laser power 6 kW. - SULZER METCO
Single powder feeder. - GTV PF 2/2
Dubble powder feeder, with two separate powder hoppers. - FRITSCH Analysette 3 PRO
Vibration sieve shaker. Automatic evaluation/documentation. Fractions 40, 63, 75, 90, 140, 150 µm. - SONOREX SUPER RK 1028 Ultrasonic cleaner
Holder for up to five powder sieves. - QUALTECH Hall powder flow meter
Hall and Carney funnel.
High Speed Cameras and illumination lasers
- PHOTRON Fastcam Nova S16
Example frame rate/resolution 16000 fps @1024x1024 pixel resolution, 1100000 fps @128x16 pixel resolution. ISO 64000 to 500000 monochrome. 64 GB memory. Shutter speeds down to 0.2 µs. - PHOTRON Fastcam Mini UX-100
Example frame rate/resolution 4000 fps @1280x1024 pixel resolution, 800000 fps @640x8 pixel resolution. ISO 10000 monochrome. Shutter speeds 20 ms - 1 µs - IDT (REDLAKE) NO 4-S2
Example frame rate/resolution 2000 fps @1024x1024 pixel resolution, 94000 fps @1024x8 pixel resolution. ISO 6000 monochrome. Min. shutter speed 1 µs. - CAVITAR CAVILUX SMART
1 x 500 W pulsed illumination laser. Wavelength 810 nm - CAVITAR CAVILUX HF
1 x 400 W pulsed illumination laser. Wavelength 810 nm. - CAVITAR CAVILUX CW
2 x 50 W continuous wave illumination laser. Wavelength 810 nm.
Other equipment
- ESAB 4000i Superpulse
MIG/MAG power source. Max. welding current 400 A. - FRONIUS TransPuls Synergic 4000 CMT R
Power source for MIG/MAG/CMT welding. Max. welding current 400 A (50% duty cycle). Robot interface ROB5000_4. - PRIMES Focus Monitor FM+ and Power Meter PM48
Laser beam analysis intruments. - PRECITEC Laser Welding Monitor
- FLIR X8581
High speed thermal imaging camera. Calibrations for -20 - 350 °C, 250 - 2000 °C och 500 - 3000 °C. - SERVO-ROBOT
Optical joint tracking. - NANOPRO
High speed linear axis. Max. feed speed 100 m/min. Max. yoke movement 1500 mm.
Supporting software
- Analytical mathematical models for all laser processes.
- FEA (heat conduction, stresses, fluid flow): LS-DYNA, ANSYS, etc.
- SIEMENS NX CAE.
- PHOTRON Fast Cam Viewer.
- MOTION STUDIO, High Speed Image Data Acquisition.
- MATERIALISE MAGICS, STL edit/repair and prepare data for 3D printing.
Other
Access to Luleå University of Technology's materials laboratory (SEM, TEM, optical microscopy, hardness measurement etc.).
Funding
Most of the funding has been provided by the Kempe Foundations, LTU's lab fund and own funds.
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