Two laser transmission welding experiments involving polyvinyl chloride are presented that aim to validate a previously presented welding model while helping to further understand the relationship between welding parameters and weld quality. While numerous previous research papers have presented the results of laser welding experiments, there exists minimal work validating models of the welding...

Because of their construction and flexibility, industrial robots are suitable to be used, with a laser source and an optical fiber, for laser welding of 3D products. However, the positioning accuracy of robots are insufficient for laser welding. Also the product and clamping tolerances are too wide for laser welding. These problems can be solved by applying sensors, which measure the location o...

Laser beam welding is a contact free fusion technique which has gained importance during the last years due to rising need for automatization in industrial processes. However, well-known problem formation of solidification cracks rear region melting pool. In order investigate highly dependent on chemical composition, speed, weld intensity and resulting temperature gradient material, modeling la...

This paper provides a general introduction to welding fundamentals (section 2) followed by sections on a few selected welding processes that have had significant developments or improvements over the last few years. The processes that are discussed are friction welding (section 3), hot plate welding (section 4), ultrasonic welding (section 5), laser/IR welding (section 6), RF welding (section 7...