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Mobile use of the mobile laser system with cladding on a bearing seat

Mobile and flexible

ALOflex

ALOflex

Mobile laser systems

The ALOflex is a flexible robot system for mobile laser hardening, laser cladding and CMT welding.

Mobile laser system for laser hardening and cladding

Highest flexibility – smallest dimensions

The ALOflex concept

With the ALOflex mobile laser system, we have deliberately decided to outsource sensitive units to the mobile media station. Dust-sensitive components such as the cooler, PC, laser and monitor are not exposed to direct laser operation and are therefore fully protected. The chassis with robot can be kept as light and compact, agile and flexible as no other mobile laser system.

The robot is connected to the media station via a 15 metre long, flexible energy chain and has a huge, mobile work area.

Another advantage of the ALOflex is that the robot can be detached from the crawler track and used directly on a component or on a linear unit as an ALOhybrid with the benefits of a stationary laser processing system.

ALOflex – simply flexible and mobile!

ALOflex mobile laser system

Compact and agile

The ALOflex is the most flexible laser processing system for laser hardening, laser cladding with powder and wire and CMT welding.

Fits on Euro pallets Ideal for confined areas

Mobile laser system for laser hardening and cladding fits on a Euro pallet
Mobile laser system with small size for narrow working areas

Use on component High occupational safety

Mobile use of the mobile laser system directly on the component
Mobile station for mobile laser system on crawler chassis with radio remote control

Linear unit can be used 15 m long energy chain

Mobile laser system for use on linear unit
Mobile laser system with 15 m long energy chain

Technology in mobile use

Wide range of applications

ALOhard and ALOhardzoom laser hardening, ALOpowder laser powder cladding and ALOarc CMT welding in mould and tool making and mechanical engineering

Specific hardening of metallic surfaces and repair or reconditioning of highly stressed component surfaces

Suitable for processing forming tools, machine parts, cutting tools or screw conveyors, bearing seats, rollers and much more

Practical example: Mobile laser hardening of 14 meter long and 25 ton pressure sleeves from an open die forge on site at the customer’s premises.

Laser hardening

with fixed and variable laser track widths

Arc welding

CMT welding with ALOarc

  • Specially suited for high deposition rates
  • For coating and joint welding
  • Additive manufacturing

Cladding

with powder

  • Application of wear-resistant coatings on components
  • Rapid modification of component geometries

Additional applications can be optionally employed: laser powder cladding with interior cladding optics* ALOpowderID, laser wire cladding* ALOwire, hardening with dynamic scanning optics* ALOhardscan, and a hybrid technology combining wire and powder cladding* ALOtwin.

*For these applications, modules of the mobile laser system need to be adjusted.

On site at the customer component

Mobile processing

  • Transporting the mobile laser system

    The components of the laser system are compactly stowed away for easy transportation.

  • Loading the mobile laser system

    The components of the laser system are located in transport-optimized stations and are therefore quick to load and easy to transport.

  • Setting up the mobile laser system

    The mobile laser system is positioned and set up on site on the component.

  • Teaching the mobile laser system

    Simple creation of the welding paths on the component by teaching the mobile laser system.

  • Setting up the laser safety barriers

    Setting up the certified laser safety barriers around the component with the mobile laser system.

  • Setting up process control

    Setting up system monitoring and process control, laser power measurement and documentation of process parameters using OPC UA.

  • Fully set up mobile laser system

    The system and the powder feeder are positioned in front of the component and fully set up.

  • Process recording

    Recording of the process camera during laser powder cladding on the component.

  • Finished bearing seat

    Welding pattern as a meander track on a bearing seat with a track width of 3.8 and a layer height of 1.0 mm

  • Use as a stationary system

    After the mobile repair work on site on the component, the laser system continues to be operated as a stationary 10-axis laser system.

Mobile laser processing

Advantages of ALOflex

Mobile laser system with minimum size and space requirements

Minimum size and space requirement

Minimum space requirement in the work area

Intuitive radio remote control

Intuitive radio remote control

Operation from a clear, safe position

Most flexible laser system in the world

More flexibility is hardly possible

Use on crawler tracks, on components or stationary

Protection of components

Protection of components

Sensitive components are stored in the mobile media station

Laser system with maximum 10 kW laser power

Maximum 10 kW laser power

10 kW laser power possible on the mobile laser system

Laser system with up to 10 synchronized axes

Up to 10 synchronised axes

Up to 8 for mobile use and up to 10 synchronised axes for stationary use

Simple system operation

Simple system operation

Simple operation thanks to predefined programme sequences

Sophisticated transport concept

Sophisticated transport concept

Optimised transport dimensions for shipping by truck, ship or plane

Safe, safer, ALOprotect

Safe, safer, ALOprotect

Certified protective walls with protection limit (E86) of 13.8 MW/sqm

Mobile laser system for laser hardening and cladding

Modular system

Technical equipment

We design and manufacture your customised, mobile laser system for hardening, cladding (powder and wire) or CMT welding.

Connections

Electricity / Compressed air / Gas

  • Power supply: 400 V / 50 Hz / 32 A (depending on system configuration)
  • Compressed air: 6 bar
  • Gas: Argon 7 bar

Robot

Axes / Reach / Payload

  • 6-axis robot
  • Reach: from 1.81 m
  • Payload: from 20 kg

Laser

Power

  • Fibre-coupled high-power diode laser
  • Laser power: up to 10 kW

Optics

Hardening / Cladding / CMT welding

  • Hardening (ALOhardzoom): Zoom optics 5 mm – 40 mm (2D zoom optics)
  • Cladding (ALOpowder): Variable spot size
  • CMT welding (ALOarc)

Peripheral

Positioner

  • Turn-tilt table with 2 axes for positioning

Add ‑ on

Auxiliary and additional devices

  • Laser power control
  • Line scanner
  • 3D probe
  • Modular mirror system suitable for ALOhardzoom
  • Clamping device

Software

Auxiliary and additional devices

  • Software for laser power control
  • Offline programming software
  • Macros (programming assistant) for easy operation
  • Scanning software for 3D surface digitisation

Customised equipment

System modules

Processing optics for laser hardening

Processing optics for laser hardening

Processing optics for laser cladding

Processing optics for laser cladding

6-axis robot for 3D laser beam movement

6-axis robot for 3D laser beam movement

Chassis with remote control for mobile laser systems

Chassis with remote control for mobile systems

Turn-tilt table with 2 axes for positioning

Turn-tilt table with 2 axes for positioning

Mobile media station for mobile laser systems

Mobile media station for mobile laser systems

Mobile station for safety barriers and robots

Mobile station for safety barriers and robots

Mobile laser safety barriers

Laser protection concept with laser safety barriers

Compact and flexible like no other!

We can do mobile.

The ALOflex mobile laser system is designed for a wide range of applications directly on the component at the customer’s site and can be expanded on a modular basis.

Mobile laser system for laser hardening and cladding on site at a customer component

Our laser systems in the moving picture

Roll it – Laser on

Mobile laser hardening of pressure sleeves
ALOflex – Robot system for mobile laser processing