CASE STUDY NAME

FILTRATION OF IPG LASER CUTTER

Case Study Facts

Product

Modified PL-4000 Filter Unit

Process

IPG Laser Cutter

Customer

IPG laser Cutter – Bronz Automotive
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Requirements & Challenges

Bronz Automotive operates as a job-shopper in defense industry and automotive industry to provide its customers with parts, manufactured from flat steel or pipes according to the technical drawings of its customers.

A filter unit / dust collector was required for the new, compact type IPG Laser cutting machine that was recently put in service. In this new compact laser cutter with fiber laser technology, apart from steel parts, rubber-coated stainless steel parts are also cut. IPG Laser cutter with its high cutting speed, creates very intense and carcinogenic emissions, especially when the rubber material is cut. Therefore, capturing and filtration of these emissions generated in the laser cutter, before they spread around the production hall, was the first priority.

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Solution

  • VANTERM, in consultation with international IPG Laser, made the necessary preliminary studies about the cutting characteristics of the laser system and its dust load. Especially, the fume-smoke load, which is released during the cutting of rubber material, could cause a rapid clogging of filter elements.

  • In order to avoid such a clogging problem, VANTERM selected the most suitable filter media in line with the data obtained. As result, VANTERM provided a custom-made PL-4000 filter unit as a solution for the IPG Laser cutter.