Effectively welding 3D-printed components by laser is the goal of a partnership of scientists working at the Institute for Integrated Production Hannover and Laser Zentrum Hannover. In their new ...

laser welding with scanners is widespread in the automotive industry, but due to the large scanning fields and highly dynamic directional changes of robots, it has for a long time not been possible to ...

As part of the EU-funded Clean Sky 2/Clean Aviation project, “Large Passenger Aircraft” (LPA), Fraunhofer (Stade, Germany) and its international project partners have joined together upper and lower 8 ...

Laser welding and bonding of glass materials represent a rapidly advancing field that combines precision optics and materials science to produce strong, hermetic joints without the need for mechanical ...

Industrial lasers are used to process engineering plastics across many markets. Some examples of the common processes are shown in Figure 1, including laser marking, cutting, and welding.

Non-contact laser welding offers several advantages when it comes to joining one plastic part to another. It works on the principle of partial transmission which lets a laser’s light travel through ...

Synergy Additive Manufacturing LLC specializes in high-power, laser-based solutions for complex manufacturing related to wear, corrosion, and tool life. Laser cladding and laser welding are different ...

Laser plastic welding has grown in popularity for medical applications because it reliably joins a wide range of materials, including dissimilar materials. At the same time, the process uses no ...

Laser welding of plastics is now a convenient and flexible technique that is proving popular for joining automotive parts and medical equipment as well as consumer products. Most people are familiar ...

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Offers an introduction to the fundamentals of laser welding including characteristics, welding defects and evolution of laser welding discusses developments in several techniques including disk, ...