SHOW PREVIEW: LASYS German laser systems market reaches €932m in 2015
Sales of German laser systems grew nine per cent in 2015 reaching €932 million, according to the latest figures from the VDMA, the German engineering federation. In addition, incoming orders registered by laser system manufacturers in Germany in 2015 rose by eight per cent. The results were presented by Gerhard
Hein, director of the Laser Working Group at the VDMA, at a press conference for the Lasys trade fair, which was held at Audi’s manufacturing facility in Neckarsulm, Germany on 2 March. Notably, the percentage of laser systems equipped with CO2
lasers lost
ground to those based on solid-state technology, which includes fibre and disk lasers. Solid-state was up to 65 per cent in 2015, compared to 54 per cent sold in 2014, while CO2
lasers dropped to 35 per
cent. This reflects the general trend to replace CO2
systems with solid-state
lasers, in particular fibre lasers. Exports of laser production systems
from Germany to China and the USA both reached 15 per cent in 2015, compared with nine per cent and 13 per cent respectively in the previous year. Exports to Western Europe were at 29 per cent (down from 34 per cent in 2014), and to Central and Eastern Europe at 15 per cent (16 per cent in 2014); Japan received seven per cent of exports (six
LDF 4000-4 was developed for applications that demand excellent beam quality, for example remote welding, and offers up to 4kW power at a beam quality of 4mm mrad. By contrast, the modular LDM 4000-100 was created as a 19-inch rack mount and also reaches, despite its compact
Gerhard Hein, director of the Laser Working Group at the VDMA, presents the market figures at a press conference for Lasys
per cent in 2014), while the rest of Asia excluding China and Japan was at 15 per cent (17 per cent in 2014). Other countries received five per cent of exports from Germany (six per cent in 2014). Hein said that there were a reasonable number of incoming orders from Russia,
design, a high laser power of 4kW at 100mm mrad beam quality. The company’s appearance at
the fair will be rounded off by some exhibits on cladding and certain parts for welding of tailored blanks. There will also be optics for welding and hardening processes as well as samples from various application areas such as additive manufacturing.
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and that the trade embargo with the country hasn’t had a huge effect on exports from Germany – exports to Central and Eastern Europe only fell by one per cent in 2015 compared to the previous year. He added though that the political situation between the EU and Russia could have an effect on the sales
of manufacturing equipment. The financial results also showed that
laser systems grew disproportionately in Germany in 2015 (nine per cent) compared to the machine tools sector, which increased by around four per cent in 2015, suggesting a healthy industrial laser market.
less than 50ms. That’s how long it takes to disarm the laser if the beam strikes an active detector tile on the walls or internal roof. The ICS-6-OEM interlock
controller checks the automatic doors and other inputs with its dual channel ISO13849-1 performance level ‘e’ compliant system. An integrated fume extraction system and Glaser Jailer active windows add to the cabin. Internal lighting, HD CCTV and LED warning signs are also included.
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LASERMET’S laser safety cabin, the Laser Castle, will be on display (4C18) with live demonstrations of the Laser Jailer active laser guarding system. Able to stop the escape of multi-kilowatt lasers, the failsafe active guarding system, Laser Jailer, has been proven to stop the escape of laser radiation by isolating the laser safety input in
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OPHIR SPIRICON EUROPE (4D31) will be showing the latest developments in laser beam profiling and power/energy measurement. Designed for OEM applications, the Pyrocam IIIHR camera features a sensitive, 160 x 160 pixel image array that can profile beams up to 12.8mm
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