Mobile laser beam applications in shipbuilding - From hand-guided cutting to hybrid welding with a welding tractor

摘要

Within the framework of the "DOCK-LASER" European research project, application possibilities with the solid-state laser were opened up in the rough conditions of shipbuilding. The processing of the plate thicknesses typical of ships has been made possible by the rapidly advancing development of the solid-state lasers in the high-power range. An additional factor is that, in the meantime, the flexible beam transmission by means of optical fibres also in the processing of large structures permits the utilisation of the laser beam in fabrication on site. In the project, it was possible to prove this in practical investigations in two European dockyards.