Open AccessFiber Laser Welding Cuts Costs and Improves Results
Author(s) -
Rath Wolfram
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
laser technik journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1863-9119
pISSN - 1613-7728
DOI - 10.1002/latj.201700012
Subject(s) - welding , fiber laser , laser beam welding , laser , keyhole , computer science , materials science , power (physics) , variety (cybernetics) , fiber , optical fiber , optics , telecommunications , composite material , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics
Lasers have been employed in a variety of welding applications for many years. And, as laser technology further develops and diversifies, its uses in welding continue to expand. This article provides an overview of high power lasers in keyhole welding. It then examines the characteristics and advantages of fiber laser sources for welding from Coherent‐Rofin, in particular, and reviews a specific application that has benefitted from these lasers.