The joining of two metals together using laser radiation is a complex process, but the result is a weld of unprecedented quality and mechanical properties. The ability to weld reproducibly at high speed with competitive cost, have made laser welding attractive in many industrial applications extending from the assembly of vehicles to the joining of microelectronic components.
The joining of two metals together using laser radiation is a complex process, but the result is a weld of unprecedented quality and mechanical proper...
It has often been said that the laser is a solution searching for a problem. The rapid development of laser technology over the past dozen years has led to the availability of reliable, industrially rated laser sources with a wide variety of output characteristics. This, in turn, has resulted in new laser applications as the laser becomes a familiar processing and analytical tool. The field of materials science, in particular, has become a fertile one for new laser applications. Laser annealing, alloying, cladding, and heat treating were all but unknown 10 years ago. Today, each is a...
It has often been said that the laser is a solution searching for a problem. The rapid development of laser technology over the past dozen years has l...