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.

At MD&M West, Emerson demoed its Branson laser plastic welding portfolio, including a Galvo welder that uses photons to weld plastics without vibration and contamination. As Machine Design’s content ...

The deployment of laser technology in Antarctica required specialized design adaptations, including low-temperature cooling systems and additional insulation to withstand subzero temperatures. Laser ...

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