Okuma America Corporation offers its MU-8000V LASER EX super multitasking machine. "This machine revolutionizes production by combining 5-axis machining with a Trumpf laser to provide the latest laser additive technology with subtractive manufacturing capabilities. It is the ultimate process-intensive machine that enables complete part production on one machine," said an Okuma spokesperson.
The MU-8000V LASER EX implements laser metal deposition (LMD) technology with the ability to cut parts of many different sizes and shapes. LMD supplies powder from nozzles and performs laser melting and bonding to parent material. This allows for various types of materials to be combined and layered in addition to the possibility of 3-D fabrication and cladding.
Parts can also be repaired and inspected throughout production, and an infinitely variable control of laser spot diameters (O0.4 mm to 8.5 mm) increase efficiency and resolution.
By implementing LMD instead of laser metal fusion (LMF), Okuma's MU-8000V LASER EX offers these advantages:
- Mid-process part inspection and material exchange
- Coolant use in work envelope
- Faster process than powder bed fusion
- 3-D fabricating.
Additional LASER EX series products will be introduced to the market in the future and will feature:
- Laser hardening - Designed to work on carbon steel material. Heating by laser emission, with hardening by self-cooling. Case hardening is possible. Less warpage than with high-frequency or ?ame hardening.
- Process-intensive turn hardening and grinding - Cutting and grinding is completed on a single CNC machine with no set-up change. Uniform-width turn hardening using a high-output, stable laser. Case hardening on cylindrical surface with no uneven hardening and little warping.
- Resin mold repairs - All operations, from crack removal to ?nishing, on a single machine. Accommodates hard-to-cut and high-hardness materials.
For more information contact:
Okuma America Corporation
11900 Westhall Drive
Charlotte, NC 28278
704-588-7000
www.okuma.com/laser-mu
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