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US 2010/0163538 A1Published application
Laser cutting system
AssigneeJohnson Controls - SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC
InventorThomas J. Dougherty
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Abstract
A workpiece cutting apparatus includes a laser source, a first suction system, and a first finger configured to guide a workpiece as it moves past the laser source. The first finger includes a first end provided adjacent a point where a laser from the laser source cuts the workpiece, and the first end of the first finger includes an aperture in fluid communication with the first suction system.
Claims20
A workpiece cutting apparatus comprising:
- a laser source;
- a first suction system;
- and
- a first finger configured to guide a workpiece as it moves past the laser source, the first finger including a first end provided adjacent a point where a laser from the laser source cuts the workpiece;
- wherein the first end of the first finger includes an aperture in fluid communication with the first suction system.
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A workpiece cutting apparatus comprising:
- a laser configured to cut a workpiece at a laser contact point;
- and
- at least one member having a first end provided adjacent the laser contact point and configured to guide the workpiece as the workpiece passes the laser contact point, the at least one member having a first end that includes an opening positioned adjacent the laser contact point such that the at least one member is configured to remove debris from an area adjacent the laser contact point by suction.
A method of cutting a workpiece comprising:
- providing a workpiece;
- providing a laser source configured to cut the workpiece with a laser that impinges the workpiece at a laser contact point;
- providing at least one finger having an end provided adjacent the laser contact point to guide the workpiece as the workpiece passes the laser contact point;
- cutting the workpiece with the laser;
- and
- suctioning debris from an area adjacent the laser contact point on a laser side of the workpiece using the at least one finger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.