Laser welding is on the advance, but it also has its limits: it has been impossible to fuse two transparent plastic components together -- up until now. Researchers have now succeeded in ...

The tattoo removal gun features a YAG laser, which is pulsed to create a high power density. In initial testing, the pulses were too short and of too high intensity to effectively weld with ...

Cobots are used for a variety of assembly applications, including adhesive dispensing, machine tending, pick and place, ...

APPLETON, WI — Arc welding products maker Miller Electric Mfg. LLC, p art of the Illinois Tool Works family of welding brands, announced the release of its OptX 2kW handheld laser welder. The ...

During welding, laser energy gets absorbed by these particles and consumes them, releasing heat that travels through the weld zone of the mating parts, which then become bonded together under ...

In this case, the laser has to access the joint through that gap, so the joint cannot be buried. However, this is also the case for most metal welding techniques.

The Branson 3G Laser Welder from Emerson is now being used as part of a process to “unweld” plastic welds in medical devices, enabling recovery and reprocessing of high-value components and a ...

Intermetallic phases One of the challenges in welding steel and aluminum is to avoid hard and brittle intermetallic phases in the welding seam, which cannot be completely avoided. During laser welding ...