A workpiece positioning system integrated with a fume extraction device, the system including a movable work surface assembly including at least one work surface; at least one divider extending upward from the at least one work surface dividing the at least one work surface into a plurality of work zones in which a welding operation is performed, the divider including a collection assembly comprising a first ventilation port on a first side of the divider opening toward a first work zone of the plurality of work zones and a second ventilation port on a second side of the divider opening toward a second work zone of the plurality of work zones formed by the divider; wherein at least one of the first and second ventilation ports are selectively placed in fluid communication with the fume extraction device to draw fume from at least one of the plurality of work zones.

Disclosed is a rail system for welding tables, including a base rail which is designed to be secured on or in a floor and has multiple openings corresponding to the openings of the welding tables; a connecting frame of a rail system for welding tables, said connecting frame being provided with rollers which are designed to interact with a circular rail; and a caster of a rail system for welding tables, said caster comprising a main part, rollers, and a tilting protection device. The is configured in that a circular rail is secured in a recess of the base rail. The connecting frame is configured in that a recess is provided in each base plate of the connecting frame, a rotating assembly roller being securable in the recess in different rotational positions. The caster is configured in that the rollers are designed to interact with a circular rail and the tilting protection device is designed to interact with a tilting protection recess and a tilting protection edge of a rail.

A welding table may include a table top and one or more legs coupled with the table top. The table top and the one or more legs may be electrically conductive. To inhibit an electric charge from being transmitted from the table top to the one or more legs, the one or more legs may be electrically isolated from the table top. By electrically isolating the one or more legs from the table top, electrical equipment associated with the welding table may be protected from damage, such as electrical burnout. In certain implementations, the one or more legs may be height adjustable, and electrical equipment for adjusting the height of the one or more legs may be protected from damage by electrically isolating the one or more legs from the table top.

A gantry table includes a table main body. A gantry rail extends along the table main body, and a gantry rack extends along the table main body. The gantry table includes a gantry comprising a pinion gear that engages the gantry rack. The pinion gear drives the gantry to move along the table main body on the gantry rail. A tool bracket is movable along the gantry. The gantry table further includes a first adjustment bar and a second adjustment bar. The gantry rail and the gantry rack are attached to both of the first adjustment bar and the second adjustment bar. A joiner plate joins the first adjustment bar to the second adjustment bar. The gantry table includes a vertical adjustment that is configured to adjust a vertical position of the joiner plate with respect to the table main body. The gantry table further includes a depth adjustment configured to adjust a lateral position of the joiner plate with respect to the table main body.

Disclosed herein is a laser processing method including a first application step of applying a first laser beam having a pulse width shorter than time of electron excitation generated by application of a laser beam to a workpiece, and a second application step of applying a second laser beam within the electron excitation time.

There is provided a method for manufacturing a laminated iron core. The method includes receiving a plurality of block iron cores which are temporarily laminated and ejected from a die, each block iron core being formed by laminating a plurality of iron core pieces that are blanked from a thin plate workpiece using the die, individually separating the temporarily laminated block iron cores by a block iron core separating unit, and rotating and laminating each of the separated block iron cores by a rotating and laminating unit in order different from order of lamination of the temporarily laminated block iron cores before separation in a place different from a location of the die.

Disclosed is a workpiece receptacle, in particular for an ultrasonic welding device, that has a receiving element for receiving a workpiece. The receiving element can be moved in relation to a base element. A bearing device disposed between the receiving element and the base element for this purpose. The bearing device has spherical surfaces lying opposite one another.

A modular work cell for a production robot includes a base module, on which at least one production robot is arranged, disposed inside the modular work cell. The modular work cell further includes wall elements, a control cabinet, an access, and a feed unit for workpieces which is arranged between the access and the production robot. The base module, the control cabinet, the feed unit and the access form a mechanically and electrically interconnected transport assembly configured for transport. The wall elements can be transported separate from the transport assembly.

A machine tool for machining workpieces comprising a support structure, a punching device mounted on the support structure, and a laser machining device mounted on the support structure. The machine tool includes a suspension device provided between the punching device and the laser machining device to reduce the laser machining device from being stimulated to move unintentionally due to the operation of the punching device. The suspension device has a spring rate which can be adjusted by a laser positioning device. The laser positioning device can move the laser machining device relative to the workpiece into a functional position and also into a position remote from the functional position. The spring rate of the suspension device is adjusted such that the functional position of the laser machining device is assigned a higher spring rate than that assigned to the position of the laser machining device remote from the functional position.

A method for dithering can include receiving, at a computer numerically controlled machine comprising a laser, a motion plan corresponding to a first image. The output of the laser can be dithered, in accordance with the motion plan, to effect a change in a material within an interior space of the computer numerically controlled machine. The change can substantially reproduce at least a portion of the first image on the material. The dithering can include providing laser energy to the material at a native resolution based at least on a spot size of the laser. The spot size can be determined based at least on one or more parameters of the computer numerically controlled machine and/or one or more properties of the material. The laser energy can be delivered at locations separated by a distance no less than the spot size.