Preco Receives Order for Flexible Hybrid Multi-Laser System
The Brazilian Senai Institute of Laser Innovation has ordered a $1.8 million SL-8600 hybrid laser/MIG system based on Cartesian machine tool motion for laser welding, additive manufacturing and more.
Posted: October 3, 2016
Preco Inc. (Somerset, WI) has announced the receipt of a $1.78 million order for a high powered, multi-laser development and manufacturing cell from the Brazilian Senai Institute of Laser Innovation (Joinville, SC, Brazil), a private non-profit and one of the largest technical training organizations in the world. It is chartered to raise industrial competitiveness by promoting innovation and offering technological solutions for the development of products and processes, specifically working with laser welding, additive manufacturing and surface hardening technology.
Preco will provide them with a highly flexible SL-8600 hybrid laser/MIG system that is based on Cartesian machine tool motion configured for industrial, laser based, production or development. David Plourde, the company’s executive vice president, notes that the system is being built in Somerset and includes two high powered lasers: one 10 kW disk laser and one 6 kW diode laser. This system will be capable of hybrid laser welding, additive manufacturing, surface and heat treatment and other high powered laser processing development.
Preco offers a wide range of Cartesian, XYZ rotary stations, and remote single or multiple galvo laser material processing machine tools with robotic or roll fed automation. They also offers contract manufacturing services for additive manufacturing, welding, specialty cutting, heat treating and drilling, in industries such as transportation, off road, marine, oil and gas, energy generation and battery storage.
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