Lasers have been used to weld together plastic parts for decades, but until recently the technology had one major disadvantage: it could not be used to weld clear polymers. Recently, high-powered ...

Industrial lasers are used to process engineering plastics across many markets. Some examples of the common processes are shown in Figure 1, including laser marking, cutting, and welding.

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Non-contact laser welding offers several advantages when it comes to joining one plastic part to another. It works on the principle of partial transmission which lets a laser’s light travel through ...

California machine shop quadrupled output by switching from manual TIG to robotic laser welding, eliminating skilled labor bottlenecks and post-weld processing requirements.

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Hot-plate welding and STTIr laser welding are both used in joining plastic parts. The authors break down the differences and the practical outcomes. The Branson GLX-3 Laser Welder from Emerson uses ...

This video looks at increasing the accuracy of laser seam welding with galvo scanners and precision linear motion stages. Discover more on how to improve Laser Seam Welding here.