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Laser Welding - Page 18
- From The Welder
Endpoint laser control helps produce uniform weld penetration
- Apr 1, 2015
- Product Release
Prima Power Laserdyne’s newly developed SmartRamp™ provides consistent endpoint control during laser welding to help eliminate areas where potential weld failure can occur. This feature of the S94P control, which controls operation of the 795 and 430BD multiaxis fiber laser systems, produces...
- From The Welder
Prima Power Laserdyne to install system in new China technology center
- Mar 27, 2015
- News Release
Champlin, Minn.-based Prima Power Laserdyne, a manufacturer of multiaxis laser cutting, welding, and drilling systems, has announced plans to install a Laserdyne 430BD system at the new Prima Power Technology Center in Suzhou, China. The new facility will provide laser process development for Asian...
- From The Welder
Laser welding machine allows coil end welding on strip as thin as 0.003 in.
- Mar 20, 2015
- Product Release
Guild Intl. has introduced the LHMA laser welding machine. It creates complete edge-to-edge welds, without the need for start and stop tabs, on strip as thin as 0.003 in. According to the company, this capability has been unavailable until now. Current technology employing GTAW machines allows for...
- From The Welder
Laser safety window offers improved visibility
- Jan 26, 2015
- Product Release
Laservision offers the P5P10 blue polycarbonate laser safety window. According to the manufacturer, the window provides improved visibility and color recognition, higher protection, and better impact resistance compared to conventional green laser safety windows. The new window allows users to...
- From The Welder
Laser safety literature revised
- Jan 26, 2015
- Product Release
The Laser Institute of America has updated its “Laser Safety Guide” for the first time since 2007. The literature has been revised to comply with the new terminology and guidelines of the 2014 edition of the ANSI Z136.1 Safe Use of Lasers standard. It can be used in conjunction with or as a...
- From The Welder
Global market for laser materials processing systems hit $11.6 billion in 2014
- Jan 21, 2015
- News Release
The global market for laser materials processing systems reached a volume of $11.6 billion in 2014, according to a preliminary analysis of 2014 data by Optech Consulting, Taegerwilen, Switzerland. That figure is up 8 percent from the $10.7 billion reached in 2013. The demand for industrial...
- From The Welder
TeraDiode signs purchase and supply agreement with Panasonic Welding Systems
- Dec 19, 2014
- News Release
TeraDiode, Wilmington, Mass., has announced the signing of a purchase and supply agreement with Panasonic Welding Systems (PWS), Osaka, Japan. Under the multiyear agreement, TeraDiode will supply PWS 4-kW, high-brightness TeraBlade™ laser engines, which will allow PWS’s robotic welding and...
- From The Welder
TeraDiode hires COO
- Dec 19, 2014
- News Release
Wilmington, Mass.-based TeraDiode, a supplier of high-power, direct-diode laser systems, has named Richard (Rick) Feldt as COO. Feldt has more than 20 years of operational experience at the executive level. Before joining the company, he was CEO at Advanced Electron Beams. Before that he was...
- From The Welder
Laser machine offers versatility for cutting, welding
- Dec 17, 2014
- Product Release
TRUMPF’s TruLaser Cell 3000 is a 5-axis laser machine for fine cutting and precision welding of 2-D and 3-D components. It handles small to medium-sized parts from one-off prototypes to high-volume production. With solid-state laser options, available with up to 8 kW of laser power, the machine...
- From The Welder
Laser welding robot allows joining of several components in single processing step
- Dec 17, 2014
- Product Release
TRUMPF’s TruLaser Robot 5020 provides laser welding of workpieces from simple sheet metal parts to bent profiles. The modular system clamps components of different sizes and shapes so the machine can begin the welding process. Several components can be joined in a single processing step,...
- From The Fabricator
Microwelding: Welding small, and growing
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 7, 2014
- Article
Learn how the art of microwelding helped to propel MicroArc, an eight-person weld shop specializing in putting tiny welds on tiny parts, to big opportunity.
- From The Welder
Laser processing system handles coil-fed metals
- Oct 3, 2014
- Product Release
Preco Inc. has introduced a high-speed, discrete-part laser processing system for tool-free processing of coil-fed metallic materials. The system uses fiber-based lasers with high-speed galvanometer technology for high-speed materials processing. The system includes unwind components to handle...
- From The Welder
Laser system designed for 3-D metal processing
- Oct 1, 2014
- Product Release
Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing division offers the JENOPTIK-VOTAN® BIM (beam in motion) robot-based laser machine for cutting and welding metals. The system features a laser robot arm in which the laser beam delivery is fully integrated. The laser beam is coupled in through the...
- From The Welder
Laser hybrid welding process includes inductive preheating
- Sep 15, 2014
- Product Release
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. and the Leibniz Universität Hannover have developed a hybrid welding system with inductive preheating. This process can be used for single-layer welding of high-strength, fine-grain structural steels up to a thickness of 0.79 in. Before the welding process takes...
- From The Welder
Processing head made smaller, lighter weight
- Aug 6, 2014
- Product Release
Laser Mechanisms is introducing the latest version of the FiberWELD® processing head, which is 40 percent smaller and lighter than last year’s model. Engineered for harsh production welding, cladding, and joining applications with a fiber-coupled laser, the compact, low-mass head features an...
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