IPG Photonics Corporation, the leader in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, today announced the launch of LightWELD, a new handheld laser welding system. The LightWELD product line enables ...

conduction and laser micro welding focusses on technologies for specific materials such as light metal alloys, plastics and glass examines developments in emerging technologies including robotics and ...

project on AI to speed up the identificaiton of optimal laser welding conditions (see ‘AI and lasers light the way to a manufacturing revolution’).

In a few years, this new technology could lead to more efficient and reliable ways of using high-power lasers for welding and directed energy deposition with laser and wire.