smart welding intelliWELD ® 30 FC Designed for robot-assisted welding applications, this 3D-scan system is capable of swiftly positioning the laser beam along 3D contours. While a robot guides the scan system along a part’s contour, the intelliWELD ® 30 FC quickly and accurately moves and fine-positions the laser spot. Complex robotic motions and fast robotic repositioning are thereby avoided, thus reducing positioning times between spot welds to a few milliseconds. The result is substantially enhanced utilization of the laser source. Despite its 30 mm aperture, the intelliWELD ® 30 FC occupies a remarkably small volume, making it easily mountable on welding robots, even in difficult-to-access locations. Its optics are optimized for fiber-coupled disk or fiber lasers with powers up to 8 kW. The intelliWELD ® 30 FC incorporates SCANLAB’s fully digital iDRIVE® technology, offering an integrated approach to laser and process safety. The iDRIVE® technology allows real time monitoring of all important scan head status parameters. A software-independent interlock signal indicates abnormal operational states. Typical Fields of Application: ð­ Robot-assisted welding (“remote welding”) ð­ 3D applications ð­ Processing-on-the-fly

intelliWELD ® 30 FC Principle of Operation The laser beam is fiber delivered to the scan system’s water-cooled collimator and then directed to the scan system’s moving deflection mirrors. A scan objective at the system’s beam exit focuses the beam onto the working plane. The variable collimator’s optic is dynamically driven along the optical axis via the linAXIS ® linear axis, thereby altering the collimated laser beam’s divergence as well as the overall system’s focal length. A dual-pane protective window serves to protect the scan objective from welding spatter. The scan system is equipped...