Plastic welding systems maker Dukane Corp. is expanding its equipment portfolio with the acquisition of Blackhawk Technology Group LLC, a contract manufacturer of laser plastic welding services and ...

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 ...

Industrial lasers are used to process engineering plastics across many markets. Some examples of the common processes are shown in Figure 1, including laser marking, cutting, and welding.

Leister has released an air-cooled laser system for plastic welding, providing a lower cost of entry for incorporating this precision hermetic plastic joining technology. CHICAGO--(BUSINESS ...

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 ...

Synergy Additive Manufacturing LLC specializes in high-power, laser-based solutions for complex manufacturing related to wear, corrosion, and tool life. Laser cladding and laser welding are different ...

In the recently successfully-completed German R&D project SeQuLas, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) and three industrial partners have developed a novel joining process to produce ...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fonon Corporation, a multi-market holding company, R&D center, equipment designer and manufacturer of advanced laser material processing systems for subtractive and ...

A growing U.S. economy has led to increased demand for plastics welding equipment in a range of markets, and that has resulted in Forward Technology (Cokato, MN ) expanding operations. A manufacturer ...

K 2016 marked the world debut of laser-based infrared welding, from Bielomatik Leuze GmbH + Co. KG. The company in Neuffen, Germany, said laser-based infrared welding is totally particle free and ...

An international consortium led by Airbus is researching production technologies for the thermoplastic fuselage of tomorrow. In the “Large Passenger Aircraft” (LPA) framework program within the MFFD ...