CRACKING
FASTER - MORE COST EFFECTIVE
Laser cracking is a lot more time and cost effective than conventional splitting and machining technologies.
When a workpiece is cracked (fracture-splitting), the surface of the fracture will have a microstructure that ensures that the two fractured ends will form a positive joint when they are bolted together. During this process, a laser is used to predetermine a groove on the workpiece at the intended breaking point and thus removes the need for conventional splitting.
Laser cracking is a patented process owned by MAUSER, patent no. DE203202999, No. DE10325910.
The advantages of laser cracking over conventional procedures:
- 50 % reduction of the machining operations normally required to split a workpiece
- Greatly simplifies the splitting process
- Increases the process reliability and the quality of the assembled workpiece
- Reduces the amount of floor space required for production
- Increases the process quality
Transferring technology
Thanks to our laser cracking specialists’ years of experience in all of the aspects related to power trains – from producing very small numbers of units that have to meet the highest requirements, to large volume production runs that have to meet extremely high quality requirements and use processes that are absolutely reliable – we are easily able to transfer these technologies to other production areas and adapt them to other workpieces.
- Axle housings
- Bed plates and drive shaft bearing caps
- Brake disks
- Differential housings
- Car, small duty and heavy duty engine conrods
- Crank shaft bearing caps
- Cylinder blocks
- Cylinder heads
