Productivity improvement for 3D laser cutting

at Johs. Pedersen A/S

Increasing Productivity for the 3D laser Cutting cell with FASTSUITE Edition 2

FASTSUITE Edition 2 brought a major productivity improvement for the company's 3D laser cutting process. By implementing the software they managed to reduce the programming time from four days to under an hour for complex parts.

A huge importance in manufacturing small batch sizes process is the efficiency and the productivity of the 3D laser machine. And the manufacturer was not happy with their productivity.

About the customer

Johs. Pedersen A/S

Johs. Pedersen A/S is a manufacturer of body parts, exhaust systems, oil and fuel tanks for the automotive industry. The products are sold for classic cars, including Porsche and VW. The company also produces and renovates interior components for the railway industry.

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Business challenge

Process efficiency

Low productivity on the 3D laser machine
Manual teaching of operations
The production of workpieces used to take days

Productivity

The precision of laser cutting was not satisfying

Customer goals

Productivity increase

Increasing productivity on the 3D laser machine

Time efficiency

The generated robot code already contains all process parameters and control commands. As a result, production can start immediately after programming, without any rework on the robot cell.

With the implementation of the software, we can now program our parts offline, import parts from 3D scan files and immediately start producing on the machine as soon as we have a CAD file available. For example, we have parts that took four days, which we can now get in under an hour.

Vlt. Jesper Knudsen

Head of the production engineering department

Johs. Pedersen a/s

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Approach

By using FASTSUITE Edition 2 , the engineers, as soon as they have a CAD file available, or they import parts from scan files, they can create the programs offline and immediately start producing on the machine. Without stopping the machine.

Besides laser cutting, other technologies such as punching, robotic welding and 3D scanning are used for production. FASTSUITE Edition 2 supports all these technologies and not just laser cutting. The next step may be to use the software for other processes.

The simulation model of FASTSUITE Edition 2 supports the validation of the planning process and also the programming of machines and robots, at the same time allowing the detection of planning or programming errors of the laser cutting work cell, including a six-axis Staubli robot.

In a nutshell:

Use FASTSUITE Edition 2 for laser cutting, pressing, punching, robotic welding, 3D scanning and 3D printing
Build up of holding fixtures for the workpieces is much faster and simpler in FASTSUITE Edition 2

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Results and conclusion

Process efficiency

The manufacturer sees the biggest impact of FASTSUITE E2 on the processing time of complex parts.
Reduce the programming time from four days to under an hour for complex parts

Development

A second advantage came with the automatic fixture builder of FASTSUITE Edition 2. Thanks to this new option, the design and build up of holding fixtures for the workpieces is much faster and simpler.

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