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Based on the PIRANHA III Multi, this specially developed machine solution offers much more than just the familiar PIRANHA high performance in a very small space. The connection to a transfer system with small individual pallets creates a manual loading and buffer zone in the form of a circumferential belt. An NC-controlled rotary axis allows rotary machining of small round parts from all sides. The automated, seamless laser marking, laser engraving, and 3D laser engraving on the inside and outside of rings of all types is the primary task of this fully automated laser system.

Key features:

• transfer system with small pallets (pallet size 80 x 80 mm)
• flexible use for cylindrical parts with inside diameters of 12-40 mm (part height of not more than 9 mm)
• interior and exterior machining performed automatically in a single process step
• seamless 2D marking/engraving and 3D engraving
• automatic scaling on the circumference
• a centric gripper grips the center of the part, even if it is lying away from the center of the pallet
• this transfer system solution is based on 30 pallets and can be expanded at any time
• it can handle chaotic fitting
• intuitive software with a graphical user interface
• individual connection to the ERP system

Cross-industry solution:

The system allows highly efficient, automatic inner and outer marking/engraving in a single process. In addition to the machining of rings for the jewellery industry, this automated solution is therefore also ideally suited to machining other small cylindrical parts such as ball and slide bearings, drilling and milling tools, bobbins, etc. for the automotive industry, medical technology, measuring technology, the watchmaking industry, and for manufacturers of machining tools.

 

 

PIRANHA III Multi
Housing	Laser Class 1
Dimensions W/H/D (mm)	1070 x 1860 x 1450
Approx. weight (kg)	970
x-axis with expanded working area (mm)	560
Axis accuracy x/y at 300 mm (µm)	± 25

 

 

 

 

LASYS has become an indispensable event for the industry. With its consistent focus on system solutions in laser material processing it has clearly positioned itself as a user trade fair. LASYS is the ideal platform for special applications, new fields of application, as well as industry trends and innovations.

 

Individual High-Tech Laser systems.

News and innovations in the field of laser material processing by ACSYS at the LASYS 2018 in Stuttgart.
The OYSTER, the new PIRANHA II cut and as a Highlight the BARRACUDA Multi will be presented to trade visitors from 5th to 7th June 2018.

 

The OYSTER offers an economical entry into laser marking. The table system delivers outstanding results for individual parts and small-scale series for a wide range of different materials. The OYSTER is used whenever small parts are to be marked or engraved quickly, flexibly and to a high quality standard.

The PIRANHA cut is an entirely new development. A compact machine for sheet metal sizes up to 600 x 600 mm², a high contour accuracy and suitable for sheet thicknesses of up to 3 mm. The cutting systems are equipped with air-cooled fiber lasers of different power ratings depending on the required application and are suitable for laser burn cutting and laser fusion cutting.

Due to its flexible layout, the BARRACUDA is the ideal basis for customized solutions. Powerful fiber lasers or diode-pumped lasers with high-speed writing heads guarantee maximum precision and minimum processing times. Multi-axis solutions extend the BARRACUDA, thereby turning it into a partially or fully automated production machine.

The new developments do justice to the ACSYS philosophy of placing customer benefit at the core of their actions. The modular design of the laser systems allows customer-specific configuration and thus also remains open for future hardware and software modifications and extensions.

 

 

Messe Stuttgart, Hall 4 – Stand C56.

 

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We work “live” on your workpieces and most different materials!

• Date: 5 – 7 June 2018
• Venue: Messe Stuttgart
• Opeing times: Daily 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

 

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Engraving dies now only take 12 hours to produce instead of 500.

A success story with Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd. (Bromsgrove, GB).

It is a dream come true, to cut the order throughput time from around 21 days to 12 hours. Only three years ago, Phil McDermott, Managing Director of the Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd. (Bromsgrove, GB), would not have believed this to be possible. Today, it is now possible, literally overnight, to manufacture a new production die for medals, decorations or honorary awards for our customers.

This dream became reality by pure chance. On a daily basis, the ACSYS laser technology salesman for the United Kingdom drove past the window display of Worcestershire Medal Service, a company that produces Orders, Decorations and Medals. In the early part of 2014, Phil McDermott was on the lookout for a replacement for his 15-year old milling machine. Which was when the ACSYS salesman dropped into the shop to introduce his own company, a German manufacturer of laser machining centres. Initially, Phil McDermott was fairly surprised by the amount he would have to invest in order to own a laser system of that kind. Also, neither he nor his employees had any experience whatsoever in laser technology.

 

Experiencing true customer closeness

To overcome this hurdle, the ACSYS salesman arranged an on-site appointment at which he demonstrated the principle of 3D laser engraving in detail, and went on to explain the possibilities of laser material machining. The most compelling argument was the speed at which the laser system operates. Since the UK subsidiary of ACSYS was able to produce various demonstration items overnight, Phil McDermott was won over pretty rapidly: “Key factors in our purchasing decision were the superlative technology, the outstanding quality, the saving in time and the convenient local presence of ACSYS”.  The UK subsidiary of ACSYS is located in Bromsgrove.

Charity project tackled on a joint basis

Before the sale of its first laser system to Worcestershire Medal Service, ACSYS UK helped them to arrange a big charity project at which the dies for the Waterloo 200-year memorial coin was manufactured predominantly by ACSYS, in a very short period of time and to a very high standard of quality. This was the perfect occasion to put the system to the test. When the coin manufacturer purchased its PIRANHA in 2014, it was then able to meet the wishes of its customers very quickly indeed. Phil McDermott gets really enthused when he recalls that time: “With the laser, we were suddenly able to complete projects overnight”.

A great boost for the image of a company with such a strong tradition. Worcestershire Medal Service produces many different Orders, Decorations and medals for UK government clients, for the Royal Household and for the military. The quality of these decorations is also appreciated greatly by customers from around the world, in the Commonwealth as well as in other countries. “Moreover, we can also use the laser to scribe and mark finished products”, stated Phil McDermott. “That can include sequential numbering, very fine engraving or also very deep engraving”.

More than simply a saving in time

ACSYS laser systems like the PIRANHA offer many advantages over the traditional die manufacturing process which employs CNC milling machines. The ACSYS 3D scanner makes it possible to digitise oversize hand-made models for further processing on the computer, but it is also no problem to record and digitise data from coins. The stored data are reproduced using the 3D laser engraving process. Also, the laser beam can be used to engrave directly into the hardened steel of the coining tool.

This dispenses with conventional milling operations such as tool changing, subsequent reversal of cutters and hardening and most importantly the hand finishing associated with traditional milling. This substantially reduces the amount of work involved. Frosting also becomes child’s play with a high-resolution dual camera system on the laser system. After precise partial definition of the areas to be frosted on the computer screen, the laser beam applies different frosting structures to the coining stamp, precise to within a  few microns.

Phil McDermott emphasizes: “We can now offer our products much more cost effectively. The amortization period for the first laser system was meant to be five years, but the system paid for itself within one year”. Other great advantages of the laser system are that it is simple to program, and it is able to process orders automatically. “ACSYS training courses with Artcam and the AC laser hardware and software prepared us perfectly for our daily work with the laser system, with relevant applications and delivered to a very professional standard”, recalls Phil McDermott. Over Christmas 2016, the laser system was running several orders for coining tools in autonomous, standalone fashion during the vacation period.

 

Worcestershire Medal Service is now working with its second PIRANHA laser system, in service since 2017. “We have now received many more orders simply because we can respond so rapidly”, states Phil McDermott, a man very satisfied indeed with his investment decision. “It has fundamentally changed what we are able to do. At present, we are creating two pairs of coining stamps per day”. For next year, we are currently considering the purchase of several OYSTER laser systems for coin edge engraving.

Laser systems for coin manufacture

The laser is able to engrave directly hardened material. This dispenses with the need for additional cutter reversals and the time-consuming rework of dies.

Advantages of the laser

• Laser as a tool, so no tool wear.
• Hundred-percent reproducibility.
• Customisation through digitisation.
• Automatic production.

 

ACSYS Lasertechnik GmbH (Kornwestheim) is an engineering and manufacturing company for high-precision laser machining centres used in various production and assembly operations such as lettering, engraving, cutting and micro-structuring. Based on production requirements and the level of automation involved, the ACSYS team works closely with each customer to develop laser machining centres in the Engineering & Production Centre at ACSYS. The specification of each system can be fine-tuned to reflect parameters such as speed, precision, batch size, flexibility and setup time. In addition, the hardware and software provided by ACSYS equips each customer with a fully-capable machine concept built to a first-class quality standard. To achieve this, development engineers at ACSYS test workpieces, materials and production operations in their in-house test laboratory. Based on these test results, one of the existing standard machines is then equipped with an appropriate laser source to suit the specific needs of a given customer.

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ACSYS laser system integrated into serial processes at Borbet within seven months

 

Borbet Leichtmetallräder GmbH (Hallenberg-Hesborn) refines alloy wheels in the premium segment using partial material removal that is accurate to the micrometer. To accomplish this, ACSYS Lasertechnik GmbH (Kornwestheim) has configured a laser system solution and adapted software that has been running in the fully automated production process at the parent plant since autumn of 2016. The cornerstone for this successful implementation was laid with a pilot project and is based on a cooperative partnership.

 

In just seven months – from the conclusion of the contract to the start of production (SOP) – ACSYS has expanded the standard BARRACUDA system to meet Borbet’s specific process requirements and tested it at ACSYS’s production and development center in Mittweida. “We appreciate the open, honest interaction with the ACSYS developers and engineers,” says Managing Director Peter W. Borbet, looking back on the constructive cooperation. “We were already familiar with the cooperative development work with ACSYS from our experience with the pilot project for this laser system. Support and service were smooth, too.” Since the end of 2012, Borbet has been lasering various wheel designs on a BARRACUDA-series ACSYS laser system. However, the equipping of the system with light alloy wheels is performed manually by an operator. “So it was not a question of who we wanted to work with to implement the new, fully automated process integration,” says Borbet.

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