Cobot laser welding at THG goes back several FABTECHs, during a dinner conversation between company representatives and a custom metal fabricator. The shop owner spoke with the reps about the emerging ...

A fabricator that needs to weld thick plate in as few passes as possible often will turn to submerged arc welding (SAW), a legacy process that has dominated heavy fabrication for decades. Variations ...

Industrial fiber laser giant IPG Photonics has launched an automated “cobot” (collaborative robot) laser welding and cleaning system designed for fabrication and manufacturing applications. The new ...

Adaptive laser beam shaping with a deformable mirror enables efficient energy and material usage in laser welding and ...

OXFORD, Mass., Nov. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IPG Photonics Corporation, the leader in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, today announced the launch of LightWELD, a new handheld laser welding ...

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As the global manufacturing landscape undergoes a profound transformation into the era of Industry 4.0, the role of precision, automation, and efficiency has never been more critical. At the center of ...

Figure 1. Various test samples that have been laser welded in an applications lab (a) and a low-density polyethylene fluid container welded with a diode laser system (b). Direct welding of plastics is ...

With glass substrates and arc torch, “Collar” hybrid process unites metal shielding gas welding and laser material deposition. Collar Hybrid AM process relies on a combination of arc and laser ...