Research & Development
Bergmann & Steffen
own ideas and innovations
An increasingly important part of the laser centre's portfolio includes research and development. We do not want to be "just" the extended workbench, but to stand out on the market with our own ideas and innovations. This requires the development of own products or the constant optimisation of pre-existing products. The laser centre is used to test the concepts developed in the design department and manufactured in the production, and feeds the results and experience of the tests back to the departments. Thus a continuous development process in-house is possible and swiftly leads to new or improved products after a few development stages. We have already developed patented welding processes and fixture concepts, and have applied for a patent on two Bergmann & Steffen products. These are the llaserwall® - a passive laser protection wall for high laser power made from a new composite material - and the Tornadoblade® - a innovative and energy-efficient crossjet system without compressed air for laser optics.
One step ahead of development, research is an important catalyst for new ideas and innovations from Bergmann & Steffen. As a member of DVS for many years and participating in project-accompanying committees of various research projects, we gain a holistic overview of the research landscape and can thus work very purposefully on new or optimised solutions.
Remote Laser Technology
Research & Development plays a major role in our company. We are convinced that with our flexible system technology and the highly qualified laser centre team, we can continue to provide important impulses in the field of remote laser technologies in the future.
Following are some of the latest research projects.
Remote-C
Remote laser cutting to automate and shorten cycle times in the production of vehicles and vehicle components in CFRP construction
- Development
- Desgin
- Manufacture of two prototype fixtures
- Participation in the project-accompanying committee
Research institution:
DLR Köln (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.)
ZeSAR
Cylindrical polarisation for spatter reduced laser beam welding
- Participation in the project-accompanying committee
Research institution:
DVS Düsseldorf (Deutscher Verband für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren e.V.)
RemoStAad
Increase of process stability and weld quality in remote laser welding through targeted flow control by means of system adaptation
- Participation in the project-accompanying committee
Research institution:
DVS Düsseldorf (Deutscher Verband für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren e.V.)
FKM Frankfurt (Forschungskuratorium Maschinenbau e.V.)
CleanRemote
Efficient emission extraction and component cleaning for large-scale remote laser processing with high-power lasers
- Participation in the project-accompanying committee
Research institution:
DVS Düsseldorf (Deutscher Verband für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren e.V.)
MultiPROmobil
Multifunctional robot technology with universal laser tool for separating, joining and additive manufacturing processes in semi-bionic lightweight e-mobility
The project MultiPROmobil aims to study an integrated manufacturing and system technology that can produce bionically based lightweight structures efficiently in a single device with several manufacturing processes and without changing the manufacturing equipment.
This project is funded by the European Union and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
