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.

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 ...

One trend that has been consistent for years in the automotive industry is that passenger vehicle transmissions are becoming smaller and lighter, although the number of toothed gear components and ...

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

Non-contact laser welding offers several advantages when it comes to joining one plastic part to another. It works on the principle of partial transmission which lets a laser’s light travel through ...

Since it is difficult to weld aluminum and copper with other methods, this process is a perfect method of combining aluminum and copper.. Welding, as implied by the name, usually involves the joining ...

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