Patent ID: 6545246
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B21C,B21D,B23K,E04C

Abstract:
Profiling arrangement (1) comprising a roll fording machine (2) and a welding device (3) located along a processing path for manufacturing a shaped workpiece formed from a sheet-metal strip (5), the roll forming machine (2) including roll-tools (6) positioned one behind the other in a feed direction of the workpiece (5), the roll-tools comprising at least two driven or freely rotating forming rollers (8) positioned on parallel axes (7), the welding device (3) including a single energy source which is connected to at least two welding heads (9,10) adapted to produce at least two weld joints on the workpiece (5), the welding device (3) includes a laser-beam source and the energy delivered is divided and can be fed to the individual welding heads (9,10).