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      <title><![CDATA[Two processes sometimes are better than one]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1A cladding process Alabama Laser calls Alabama Laser Hot Wire, or ALHW, combines a solid-state laser with a wire heated by a gas metal arc welding power source (the laser head is out of the...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Laser welding update]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Figure 1Disk lasers combine the pumping efficiency of a semiconductor laser with the beam quality of a solid-state laser.  Since industrial lasers were first introduced nearly 40 years ago,...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Getting close to remote laser welding]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1A remote laser welding cell doesn't take up too much room on a shop floor and holds the promise of being more productive than traditional spot welding setups. Photo courtesy of Rofin-Sinar...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Laser welding basics]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Close-up View of a CO2 Laser Weld in CopperAutomotive manufacturers, Tier 1 auto suppliers, and other  high-volume manufacturers have been implementing laser welding successfully for  years, but it is...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Welding with diode lasers]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[While lasers have been used in welding for many years, this is still an active area of technological development. In particular, improvements in traditional welding lasers, together with the...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[6 keys to laser welding]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Some of the keys to laser welding success may surprise you, especially if you are an engineer or scientist. In the world of high technology, it's very tempting to reduce the success of a manufacturing...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Making the right choices for laser welding]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An Nd:YAG laser performs seam welding of steel tube components.This article is adapted in part from Mark Rodighiero, &quot;Putting It Together: Laser Welding Systems,&quot; presented at FABTECH&Acirc;&reg; Intl. &amp; AWS...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Laser welding 201]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A battery component is secured in place with two laser spot welds.Laser welding technology has entered a new state, in which optimization of the equipment and the process is relatively easy to...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 07:56:16 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lifestyle trends expand use of lasers, ALAW presenters say]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When the Fabricators &amp; Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., and the Laser Institute of America (LIA), Orlando, Fla., announced in April 2006 that they had purchased the Automotive...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiber lasers weave out of the lab and into metal fab]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fiber lasers are more monolithic and integrated than most other laser types, making them suitable for portability.Editor's Note: This article is based on the authors' presentation at the 2nd...]]></description>
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