Patent ID: 9744623
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61F,B23K

Claim:
1. A device for separating a longitudinally-extended cylindrical workpiece having a diameter in a sub-millimeter range into individual portions, the device comprising: a clamping device having at least one first and one second clamping jaw and an insertion opening formed therein for receiving the workpiece introduced in at least one of said first and second clamping jaws on a side facing the other of said clamping jaws, said clamping device having a longitudinal groove formed therein defining an indexing direction of the workpiece and for receiving and guiding the workpiece between said first and second clamping jaws, said clamping device having an aperture formed therein for a laser beam and a cutting gas and defining an operating zone and interrupting said longitudinal groove and running transversely to said longitudinal groove; and a cutting head having an exit opening formed therein for the laser beam and the cutting gas, said exit opening aligned with said aperture and disposed in said operating zone.