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Dipl.-Ing. Bertold Hopf, Daimler AG
Prize Winner of the Innovation Award Laser Technology 2008
Innovation Award Laser Technology 2008, initiated by the associations Arbeitskreis
Lasertechnik e.V. and the European Laser Institute ELI and provided with 10 000 Euros prize
money, has been conferred to Dipl.-Ing. Bertold Hopf, Daimler AG, Sindelfingen, Germany
on 8th May 2008 in Aachen´s town hall. Bertold Hopf has applied to the open call for proposals
as representative of the RobScan project team. In the historical ambience of the »Coronation Hall«
more than 300 participants of the International Laser Technology Congress AKL´08 attended the
awarding ceremony.
Prof. Reinhart Poprawe, vice-president of the association Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik AKL e.V.
and director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, pointed out the dedicated
work of the RobScan project team and the outstanding innovation in the field of laser technology.
RobScan – Robot-guided remote Scanner for laser beam welding – is a new laser beam
welding process, which has been developed for vehicle body construction by Dipl.-Ing. Bertold
Hopf and Dr. Klaus Debschütz and their project team within the Daimler AG. Dipl.-Ing. Bertold
Hopf is Head of Material and Production at the Technology Department of Daimler AG in
Sindelfingen. Dr. Klaus Debschütz is Head of Materials, Manufacturing, Concepts – Body of
Daimler´s Group Research in Ulm. The innovation of the RobScan system is the combination
of different hardware components and the Daimler-developed process technology and control
software. It represents a new approach to laser beam welding using the known advantages of laser
welding and extending it with new possibilities in process technology and a new control system to
utilize all the possibilities of the remote scanner. It was thus possible to increase the welding speed
and improve the welding quality. The RobScan process combines the high speed and precision of
scanner optics with the flexibility of a robot. The commercial value to the automotive industry
has been convincingly demonstrated. For further information click here.
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