WELDING OPTICAL UNIT FOR THE LASER WELDING OF WORKPIECES, WITH FLEXIBLE SETTING OF THE NUMBER OF AND DISTANCE BETWEEN LASER SPOTS USING CYLINDRICAL LENSES

    公开(公告)号:US20240139867A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18409840

    申请日:2024-01-11

    CPC classification number: B23K26/0648 B23K26/073 B23K26/0876

    Abstract: A welding optical unit includes a collimator for collimating a laser beam, a focusing device for focusing the laser beam toward a workpiece, an adjustable beam shaper configured to shape the laser beam. The beam shaper includes a beam subdivision assembly that includes a cylindrical lens pair comprising two cylindrical lenses with diametrically opposite focal lengths and mutually parallel optical planes. The two cylindrical lenses extend with a curve on at least one side with respect to a common refraction direction perpendicular to the optical planes, and extend translationally invariantly with respect to a common non-refraction direction parallel to the optical planes. The refraction direction and the non-refraction direction extend perpendicularly to the optical axis of the welding optical unit. The welding optical unit further includes a spot distance adjusting device configured to displace the two cylindrical lenses relative to one another with respect to the refraction direction.

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