Extending the process limits of laser polymer welding with high-brilliance beam sources (recent status and prospects of POLYBRIGHT)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7921, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Olowinsky, A ^a   Boglea, A ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser welding of polymers; Optical properties of plastic components; TWIST

Indexed keywords

BEAM SOURCES; DYNAMIC MASKS; EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT; FIBRE LASERS; FLEXIBLE BEAM; HIGH POWER; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPEED SCANNING; HIGH-SPEED PROCESSING; HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS; JOINING PROCESS; LASER INSTALLATION; LASER MANUFACTURING; LASER SYSTEMS; LASER WELDING OF POLYMERS; LOWER COST; MANIPULATION SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MARKET SHARE; NEW HIGH; PROCESS LIMITS; PROCESSING SPEED; RECENT STATUS; SHORT TERM; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; WHITE GOODS;

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; FIBER LASERS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LASER BEAM WELDING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PLASTIC BUILDING MATERIALS; PLASTIC PARTS; POLYMERS; SPEED;

PLASTICS;

EID: 79953087358     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.874554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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