The NREL report assesses the potential of replacing plastic polymer connectors with glass-to-glass laser welding. Image: NREL The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory ...

Device makers are taking increased interest in product designs and assembly that support closed-loop recycling. A Branson plastic welding process can safely and nondestructively “unweld” plastics used ...

A maintenance technician arrives with a handheld laser welder, plugs into a standard power outlet, dials in a preset for thin stainless, and lays down a clean fish-scale bead in under twenty minutes.

Medical devices use a variety of metal components that are often welded to form a secure and permanent bond. Options available for welding processes are limited because of certain constraints such as ...

DuPont Engineering Polymers, Wilmington Del. (www.plastics.dupont.com), for example, offers a wide range of suitable materials for laser welding. It's relatively easy to produce strong welds with ...

Friction stir welding (FSW) is not necessarily a new welding process, but the implementation of it was slowed significantly ...

A strong weld does not begin when the arc starts or the laser beam hits the joint. It begins earlier, when the metal su ...

As with traditional welding techniques, materials are melted in the weld zone, although laser-based techniques use quicker heating and cooling cycles (Figure 1). These rapid thermal cycles are a ...

Heart pacemakers and other implantable medical devices must be free of even minor defects, particularly in the titanium casing that holds and protects the electronics. Ranging in thickness from 0.15 ...