摘要 |
When severing pipe sections from a pipe that is continuously produced, a closed separating line is formed around the section axis along the pipe circumference, the separating line being disposed by a section length from the free pipe end. In at least one embodiment, in order to sever a pipe section, a laser beam generated by a laser scanning device is deflected along the entire circumference of the pipe being produced to the separating line, always transversely to the section axis, such that a substantially focused contact region of the laser beam on the pipe being produced is guided completely along the closed separating line and, in the process, the pipe section is severed from the pipe being produced. |