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Laser Welding
Laser Welding - Its small spot size and extremely high energy density make laser welding ideal for many welding applications. Learn about the capabilities and limitations of the process in this technology area.
- From The Fabricator
Laser Photonics enters distribution agreement with Fastenal
- Mar 5, 2024
- News Release
Laser Photonics Corp., an industrial developer of laser cleaning systems and other material applications, has entered into a distribution agreement with the Fastenal Co.
- From The Welder
Knowledge Transfer Partnership solves problem of optics contamination in laser-in-vacuum welding
- Jan 24, 2024
- News Release
Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE) and Cranfield University have solved the undesirable optics contamination phenomenon associated with laser-in-vacuum welding, paving the way for full-scale industrial exploitation of the technology.
- From The Fabricator
TRUMPF Inc. appoints product managers
- Jan 9, 2024
- News Release
TRUMPF Inc., a Farmington, Conn.-based manufacturer of machine tools and laser technology, has announced the appointment of three product managers.
- From The Fabricator
Herd adds laser welding to Winnipeg facility
- Nov 17, 2023
- News Release
Herd, a producer of trucking accessories including truck guards and grille guards, has integrated hand-held laser welding capabilities at its Winnipeg, Man., production facility.
- From The Fabricator
TRUMPF supervisory board chairman receives the Schawlow Award
- Nov 7, 2023
- News Release
TRUMPF Supervisory Board Chairman Peter Leibinger has received the Arthur L. Schawlow Award.
- From The Welder
IPG Photonics, Miller Electric join forces to develop hand-held laser welding systems
- Nov 7, 2023
- News Release
IPG Photonics Corp. and Miller Electric Mfg. LLC have announced a strategic partnership with a goal to promote laser systems for hand-held welding applications.
- From The Welder
The craziest welding jobs
- By Josh Welton
- Sep 8, 2023
- Blog Post
Detroit welder Josh Welton looks back on some of his craziest welding jobs. He’s asking the welding community share stories of their wildest experiences as a welder.
- From The Fabricator
Perfecting automated processes, flow of information in the fabrication shop
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 14, 2023
- Blog Post
Automation software and the almighty algorithm are making metal fabrication technologies more intelligent and flexible than ever. And FABTECH 2023 in Chicago is poised to have even more digital transformation on full display.
- From The Fabricator
Japan’s precision sheet metal business keeps climbing
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 1, 2023
- Article
Members of the North American and European press visited the AMADA Global Innovation Center at the company’s headquarters outside Tokyo. It’s not your typical machinery showroom.
- From The Fabricator
Scansonic FCW laser welding system processes multiple components simultaneously
- Jul 21, 2023
- Product Release
Scansonic has developed the FCW (fast component welding) system for parallelization of laser processes for high welding speeds.
- From The Welder
IPG’s flexible laser sources weld EV batteries without spatter
- Jul 3, 2023
- Product Release
IPG has introduced new adjustable mode beam (AMB) fiber laser sources that enable high-precision processing for electric vehicle applications.
- From The Fabricator
AMADA WELD TECH’s galvo scan heads made for precision laser welding
- May 30, 2023
- Product Release
AMADA WELD TECH has introduced a line of galvo scan heads for precision laser welding applications.
- From The Fabricator
Dynamic shaping thick metal with dynamic beam laser technology
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 10, 2023
- Article
Dynamic beam laser technology might be the future of the industrial laser as the beam uses dynamic shaping in to suit an application’s and metal shop's needs.
- From The Welder
Hand-held laser welding’s time has come in metal fabrication
- By Bill Kallgren, John Bickley, and Laura Garcia
- Nov 21, 2022
- Article
Advancements in manual laser welding have made hand-held laser welding viable for metal fabrication and manufacturing businesses in ways that were not possible before.
- From The Fabricator
Scansonic offers LPH-O laser optics for sheet metal laser welding
- Nov 8, 2022
- Product Release
Scansonic offers the LPH-O series of laser optics, which uses the company’s modular scapacs system.
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