US 12,466,001 B2
Processing head for guiding a laser beam and laser processing apparatus comprising a processing head
Robert Bernhard, Sibbesse (DE); Reiner Bruestle, Lauterbach (DE); Tobias Marte, Aichhalden (DE); Thomas Notheis, Schramberg (DE); and Christoph Tillkorn, Villingendorf (DE)
Assigned to TRUMPF LASER GMBH, Schramberg (DE)
Filed by TRUMPF Laser GmbH, Schramberg (DE)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,597.
Application 17/511,597 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/062461, filed on May 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 112 167.1 (DE), filed on May 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048134 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 26/06 (2014.01)
CPC B23K 26/0643 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processing head for guiding a laser beam for processing a workpiece, the processing head comprising:
a housing main body configured to accommodate a beam guiding element, the housing main body having a first main surface section, a second main surface section, a third main surface section, a fourth main surface section, a fifth main surface section, and a sixth main surface section,
a functional module configured to connect to the housing main body or to be inserted into the housing main body,
a lens, and
a mounting plate provided on an underside of the third main surface section, the mounting plate for receiving the lens,
wherein the first main surface section, the second main surface section, the third main surface section, the fourth main surface section, the fifth main surface section, and the sixth main surface section of the housing main body:
are aligned at right angles with respect to one another to form a rectangular frame,
at least partly surround a free internal volume of the housing main body, and
are configured differently from one another for receiving the functional module, wherein the functional module comprises a deflection mirror and/or a scanning mirror,
wherein a cutout extends from the fourth main surface section into the first main surface section, the cutout for inserting a functional component, the functional component comprising an electrical controller and/or an optical unit.