High-Power Laser Materials Processing: Lasers, Beam Delivery, Diagnostics, and Applications V

APPLICATIONS:

• all types of laser welding, including remote welding and hybrid welding

• brazing / soldering

• joining of non-ferrous and dissimilar materials

• laser applications for light-weight materials (e.g. cutting, structuring, joining)

• laser processes for battery manufacturing

• laser metal deposition

• hardening

• cladding

• cleaning and structuring

• surface treatment

• cutting, including remote cutting

• drilling

• rapid prototyping and manufacturing.

DIAGNOSTICS:

• laser-beam characterization and measurement of laser-beam parameters

• laser material interaction

• process monitoring

• vision systems and tracking

• destructive and non-destructive quality testing methods

• surface diagnostics

• coupling experiments and simulations

• high-speed imaging

• particulate diagnostics

• systems considerations.

SYSTEMS:

• processing heads and accessories for cutting, welding, material deposition (LMD) and surface treatment

• scanning heads

• beam shaping and guiding devices, including fibers, connectors, and accessories

• fibers and components for high peak power usage

• thermal lensing and optics design approaches.