Industrial manufacturing processes place high demands on flexibility, quality, and cost-efficiency.
At the same time, products, production volumes, and levels of automation are changing at an increasingly rapid pace.
Conventional custom-built systems, individually developed and engineered based on a customer-specific requirements specification, can meet these demands, but they are often associated with high engineering effort, long delivery times, and limited options for future expansion.
With the HAWK platform, Vision Lasertechnik is taking a fundamentally different approach:
Instead of developing a new custom-built system for every application, HAWK provides a standardized, flexibly configurable universal platform for automated laser processes.
The HAWK serves as the technical foundation on which customer-specific production solutions can be built in a modular way.
The platform combines a collaborative industrial robot with advanced laser technology, intelligent control software, and a scalable safety architecture.
Depending on the component, process, and desired level of automation, the system can be configured precisely to the application and expanded at any time.
For example, the HAWK can be equipped with conveyor systems, rotary indexing tables, additional robots for automated loading and unloading, laser marking systems, or camera-based quality inspection.
Different clamping, positioning, and handling concepts can also be implemented within the existing platform architecture.
The required modules are not developed as entirely new custom solutions, but integrated into a proven overall system as functional building blocks.
This significantly reduces engineering and technical effort. Many of the key components, interfaces, and safety functions are already defined, tested, and coordinated with one another.
As a result, project lead times are shortened, development risks are reduced, and implementation becomes significantly more cost-effective compared with conventional, fully customized special-purpose systems.
For the customer, the platform approach primarily means greater investment security.
A HAWK system can initially be used for a clearly defined production process and later adapted to new requirements.
Increasing production volumes, additional process steps, or a higher degree of automation do not necessarily require the purchase of an entirely new system. Instead, the existing platform can be selectively expanded with the required functions.
The platform concept also offers significant advantages in terms of spare parts availability and service.
Since multiple system variants are based on the same standardized components, assemblies, and software structures, spare parts can be kept available over the long term and service work can be carried out more efficiently. At the same time, customers continuously benefit from technical advancements, new software features, and additional automation modules.
The HAWK therefore combines the flexibility of a custom-built system with the economic advantages of a standardized product. The result is a scalable automation platform that adapts to current requirements while providing the flexibility needed for future developments.
With the HAWK, companies are not simply investing in a single laser welding system. They are choosing a universal production platform that grows with their requirements – cost-efficient, modularly expandable, and designed for long-term future readiness.
The HAWK enables precise, permanent, and high-contrast marking on metals, plastics, and many other materials.
With powerful laser technology, flexible automation options, and intuitive operation, serial numbers, logos, Data Matrix codes, and customized markings can be applied reliably and cost-effectively
– making the system ideal for demanding industrial production environments.
The RoboHAWK combines precise laser technology with intelligent 6-axis robotics, enabling reproducible welding results even on complex component geometries.
With camera-assisted programming, CAD-based path generation, and flexible expansion options, the RoboHAWK provides a future-proof automation platform – efficient, user-friendly, and ideally suited for a wide range of industrial applications.
The HAWKmedical enables high-contrast, corrosion-resistant, and permanently legible marking on medical instruments and implants.
Using state-of-the-art ultrashort-pulse laser technology, it produces high-quality black markings for UDI codes, Data Matrix codes, serial numbers, and logos – precise, gentle on the material, and ideally suited for regulated production environments.
