Terminal head for processing a workpiece by means of a laser beam
AssigneePRECITEX GmbH
InventorsPeter Schubert, Hubert Adamiak
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Abstract
A terminal head for processing a workpiece using a laser beam includes a housing into which an insert including a focusing optical system is laterally inserted. The terminal head includes a positioning device accessible from outside of the housing for displacing the focusing optical system relative to the insert. The adjusting device may displace the focusing optical system in a longitudinal direction of a laser beam and at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the laser beam. This arrangement allows the focusing optical system to be readily changed and properly adjusted within the housing.
Claims12
A terminal head for processing a workpiece with a laser beam, comprising:
- a housing;
- an insert insertable laterally into the housing, said insert including a focussing optical system for focussing the laser beam;
- and
- adjusting means accessible from outside of the housing for displacing the focussing optical system relative to the insert,
- wherein the adjusting means displaces the focussing optical system in a longitudinal direction of the laser beam, wherein the adjusting means includes a rotatable adjusting ring situated coaxially with the longitudinal direction of the laser beam, and wherein the adjusting ring is permanently connected to an adjusting cylinder which has an external thread onto which there is screwed a cylindrical lens holder which is secured against rotation and bears the focussing optical system.
A terminal head for processing a workpiece with a laser beam, comprising:
- a housing;
- an insert insertable laterally into the housing, said insert including a focussing optical system for focussing the laser beam;
- and
- positioning means accessible from outside of the housing for displacing the focussing optical system relative to the insert,
- wherein the insert is positioned inside of a larger opening of the housing at an axial position by means of an adapter plate which can be connected to the housing, and has at this axial position a recess which accommodates the insert in a fitted fashion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.