Essential for Welded Tubes: Bodor's Inner Seam Detection for Quality Cuts

In the world of laser tube cutting, precision, efficiency, and stability are key concerns. For manufacturers working with welded tubes, accurately identifying and avoiding the inner weld seam is critical to ensuring cut quality, extending equipment life, and maintaining product performance.

To address this challenge, Bodor offers an intelligent optional feature — Inner Weld Seam Recognition — powered by a vision system that detects the seam’s position inside the tube. This smart upgrade enables cleaner cuts, better part consistency, and a higher degree of automation across your pipe processing workflow.

Why Inner Weld Seam Detection Matters?

Welded tubes are widely used in industries such as fitness equipment, furniture, construction, and vehicle chassis. However, the inner weld seam often presents deformities, material hardness variations, or raised edges. If cuts, holes, or notches are made across these seams, issues may arise:

• Poor edge quality or rough surfaces
• Increased wear on machine nozzles and lenses
• Weak points in final products
• Difficulty during assembly or welding

By recognizing and avoiding the weld seam, the system ensures that these problems are minimized — leading to greater cutting stability and higher-quality parts.

How Bodor’s Inner Weld Seam Recognition Works

Bodor’s system integrates a high-performance visual recognition unit, enabling seamless weld seam detection with the following process:

Camera Activation

Once the tube is clamped, the built-in camera system is automatically triggered.

Fast Positioning

Image algorithms detect the weld seam’s angular position along the inner circumference.

Adjustable Seam Orientation

Users can configure the system to rotate the seam to a preferred angle — such as at the 6 o’clock position or away from cutting zones.

Real-Time Imaging

Multiple images are captured during movement to ensure accurate, high-speed recognition — even under varied lighting or material conditions.

Cutting Begins

Once the weld seam is located, the system automatically optimizes the cutting path, avoiding the seam with precision.

No manual calibration is required — this is to see it, avoid it, and cut it right.

Key Technical Advantages

Bodor’s inner weld seam recognition feature stands out with its powerful combination of automation, speed, adaptability, and durability:

Touch-Free Operation

The system enables fully automatic, non-intrusive detection. With minimal initial setup, the camera and software handle the entire recognition process — no operator intervention is needed.

Ultra-Fast Detection

Seam recognition completes in as little as 6 seconds, minimizing idle time and keeping production lines moving efficiently.

Multi-Type Tube Support

In addition to standard round and square tubes, the system supports custom and irregular tube types. Users can expand the recognition library to suit specific material profiles used in production.

Rugged & Durable

The system is built to last. Featuring an IP56-rated industrial camera and a fully enclosed metal housing, it’s well-protected against dust, impact, and workshop conditions — ensuring consistent long-term performance.

Available on Bodor T-Series

This advanced feature is available as an optional configuration on Bodor’s T-Series tube laser cutting machines, which are widely used in industries like fitness, construction, and automotive for their high speed, precision, and reliability.

Where It Shines: Application Scenarios

Whether it's for beauty, durability, or safety — seam avoidance gives manufacturers greater control over part performance and reliability.

A Smart Manufacturing Milestone

Inner weld seam recognition is not just a helpful add-on — it’s a key step in the journey toward intelligent laser tube cutting. With this feature, Bodor machines can see clearly, act intelligently, and cut flawlessly — all with minimal operator involvement.

As we continue to develop AI-based recognition algorithms and smarter control logic, future systems will become even more adaptive to material types, tube dimensions, and weld seam variations.

Want to Learn More?

Interested in which Bodor models support inner weld seam recognition? Want to test your own tube samples or request a tailored configuration?

Contact our team to connect with a Bodor application engineer and find the best-fit solution for your cutting needs!