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Develop Ultrasonic Plastic Welder
15 August, 2005 - 09:39 — j_shirazi
Dear Readers,
I need to develop my own plastic welding system but i am new to this field.
I want to build 2000Watts 20 KHz Plastic welding system, I think I should have the followings for start:
1- Ultrasonic Generator (I want found more sources.)
2- Ultrasonic 2KWatt 20 KHz transducer (Like 5020-6PS made by Master Sonic)
3- Maybe Ultrasonic Booster!!(I don’t know it is Optional or not? And why we should use it?)
4- Horn (I Think it is equal to Sonotrod, Please tell me am I right?)
Please help me if you have any more information or any documents.
Best Regards
Ali
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Re: Develop Ultrasonic Plastic Welder
Hi Ali, welcome to the forum.
I can't help thinking you may out of luck here - most people who know how to build plastic welding systems do it as a business, so might not want to help you (a potential competitor) to develop your own...
Perhaps you could start by purchasing a system and learning how to use it and apply ultrasonics to different welding processes. The [url=http://www.powerultrasonics.com/suppliers.html]suppliers database[/url] will give you some contacts to start with.
As to your other questions:
3. In all ultrasonic systems a booster is used to change the output amplitude to suit the needs of horn and process. In most plastic welding systems it also serves another purpose - to support the entire stack, so one is always required.
4. Yes, horn and sonotrode are the same thing - the ultrasonic tool that contacts the workpiece. 'Horn' is generally used in the USA while 'sonotrode' is more common in Europe.
Good luck with your endeavours!
Chris