Laser scoring machine

Jenoptik’s advanced laser technology enables airbag weakening in all components of the vehicle interior and supports the passive safety systems of modern vehicles. For optimum performance of passive safety systems – such as passenger airbags – it is essential to introduce precise tear lines in components of the vehicle interior. With Jenoptik technology, the airbag is weakened with a laser, which very gently removes material, with minimal heat input, without putting mechanical stress on the components. The laser is a tool that, unlike all mechanical processes, never becomes blunt, so that all component parts can be manufactured under exactly the same conditions. In addition, the non-contact machining process does not produce any chips. The resulting smoke is extracted without leaving any residue and cleaned off in an environmentally friendly manner. The tear lines themselves can be created by making a large number of pocket holes with or without residual wall thickness or with slots in any possible combination and with any kind of geometry, as per customer requirements. The airbag opening force can be adjusted by changing the parameters of the tear line – for the best possible airbag performance. Jenoptik offers two machine families for laser airbag weakening JENOPTIK-VOTAN® A: The machine for all airbag applications produces laser airbag weaknesses with reliable residual wall thickness for invisible tear lines JENOPTIK-VOTAN® S: The machine for the production and evaluation of tear lines from through-holes in instrument panel carriers, which are subsequently laminated with a decorative layer