Lasers Make Cars Better

The automotive industry faces countless challenges around the world, such as: lighter, safer, smarter, environmentally friendlier. Laser processes deliver exceptional flexibility with high robustness, and meet tough safety standards.

Laser tools offer:

• increased productivity
• material and weight savings
• enhanced sustainability thanks to lower fuel consumption
• greater safety

• more design flexibility

Typical laser scan applications in the auto industry:

• Remote Welding
  of body components and heat exchangers

• Welding of Plastics
  e.g. contactless welding of containers or headlights

• Laser Drilling
  for micrometer-exact fabrication of injection nozzles etc.

• Laser Cutting
  of installable parts, airbags and other technical textiles (e.g. CRP)

• Laser Hardening
  of highly stress-subjected mechanisms for minimized wear and tear

• Laser Perforation
  e.g. for defined breaking points in airbag fittings

• Laser Structuring
  for surface treatment, minimizing friction losses, and tool mould making for interior fitting components

• Laser Marking
  Day/night labeling of displays or controls, laser marking of nameplates, laser labeling of parts for batch tracking

• Functionalizing via Laser Processes
  for preparation of bonding surfaces, paint removal, degreasing, creating oxide layers etc.

As an OEM partner, SCANLAB manufactures a wide variety of scan solutions suitable for usage in laser processing machines.

Learn more about our scan systems that you can use for the above-mentioned applications.

For further info on remote welding, visit the website of our associated company Blackbird Robotersysteme GmbH. For system integrators, Blackbird's solution packages feature coordinated control technology for efficient integration of 2D and 3D scan units in automated manufacturing equipment. Worldwide on-site servicing is also available for operator training and commissioning.