Tubing: Four-Station Processing Lines For Rotationally Symmetrical Machined Parts

This article, part of the poster session of the XX ATIV conference, deals with processing equipment for cutting and melt-edging of tubular glass, such as the production of borosilicate glass barrels for the pharmaceutical industry. The dual-beam method described allows for the overlapping of two action principles, defined depth removal and cracking, which are necessary for the cutting of borosilicate glass. The processing results show that it is possible to subject these glass types to cutting and melt-shaping processes by means of CO2 laser beams, while achieving the required quality. It is also possible to use the process and processing station efficiently for other glass-processing tanks.