IPU develops the laser cutting technology of the future.

Today, IPU Technology Development takes part in no less than five projects supported by the The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation (Højteknologifonden - HTF). One of the most exciting of these projects is the ROBOCUT project, a whole new robot-based laser cutting technology which may outperform the newest state-of-the-art laser cutting.
Laser cutting is a widespread industrial cutting technology used in the processing of a large number of everyday products such as important parts in domestic appliances, in car bodies and in furniture.

The project, which is supported by DKK 13 million by HTF, marks the beginning of a close collaboration between IPU and Aalborg University (AAU) that now, for the first time, engage into research on laser processing. IPU provides its more than 30 years of experience within research and technology development, and the project is expected to lead to further collaboration between IPU and AAU in the field of laser technology.

The project is managed by Senior Engineer Flemming Olsen, IPU, who came up with the basic idea behind the ROBOCUT technology in 2006, when he was a professor of laser technology at The Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

Besides IPU, AAU, Grundfos, Ib Andresen Industri and the small and highly specialized manufacturer of laser cutting machines for the electronics industry, Micronix, the ROBOCUT project involves two foreign partners: the manufacturer of robots KUKA and the car factory Volvo.

For more info contact: Senioringineer lic. Techn. Flemming Olsen,