Laser-based processes for metals are considered to be particularly versatile in industry. Lasers can be used, for example, to ...

That has changed, thanks to a team of researchers that is developing a ceramic welding laser. Welding is a really special process. At one level, it is very simple: heat two materials until they ...

LaserPipe addresses this problem by combining a robotic snake based on OC Robotics' Series II X125 arm with a laser-welding head powered through a fiberoptic cable by a remote laser generator.

Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology have developed a method to laser-weld transparent plastic components together, a task previously thought impossible. What ...