Profile member and method for manufacturing thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11542706
APP PUB NO 20200332526A1
SERIAL NO

16753371

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A method for manufacturing a profile member for a suspended ceiling system, comprising forming a sheet metal material into an elongate T-shaped profile member with a web having two web side walls and a pair of oppositely disposed flanges projecting from a bottom portion of the web, and laser welding the elongate T-shaped profile member for providing a laser weld joint extending in a longitudinal direction of the T-shaped profile member and joining the two web side walls to each other. The step of laser welding comprises alternatingly performing a first operation and a second operation, the second operation being different from the first operation, whereby a laser weld joint is provided comprising along its extension alternating welded first sections associated to the first operation and second sections associated to the second operation. The present invention also relates to an elongate profile member provided with a laser weld joint.

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  • SAINT-GOBAIN ECOPHON AB

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nilsson, Thomas Helsingborg, SE 136 1317

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