Laser and electron-beam welding

Most innovations for industrial application originate in this welding technology. Beam welding benefits from low energy draw and high welding speed, and therefore low distortion and residual stress.

• Beam welding technology for manufacturing and regenerating functional surfaces on high-temperature nickel-base alloys 

• Development of redundant in-situ monitoring and testing strategies for laser-based tube welding
• Effect of laser MIG/MAG hybrid welding on fatigue strength in butt joints with large wall thickness
• Development and manufacture of welded paper injection structures with low thermoplastic binder content
• Development of laser MIG/MAG Hybrid position welding technology on piping and tubing in components with high mechanical and corrosion resistance
• Hybrilas project – welding thick plates with brilliant laser sources
• Metallurgy, strength behaviour and cost-effectiveness in hardfacing using pulsed Nd:YAG lasers and wire-shaped welding consumables
• Laser-welding tube profiles in construction-site conditions

• Research projects
• Industrial research
• Services (repair welding, surfacing, small-series production runs, production launches)
• Technology and process development
• Ytterbium fibre laser<link forschung laser-und-elektronenstrahlschweissen technische-ausruestungen laserhandarbeitsplatz an internal link in the current>
• AL 300 manual laser workstation (pulsed solid-state laser for repair and small component welding)

• Laser beam welding with and without welding additives
• Laser MIG/MAG hybrid welding
• Laser hardfacing with wire-shaped additives and pulsed solid-state lasers
• Electron-beam melting [EBM]
  Generative techniques allow the production of complex component bodies and structures. Direct application to freely accessible component areas allows the reliable production of partial surface coatings with high levels of homogeneity.
• Micro-electron-beam welding [μEB]
  The low heat input in micro-electron-beam welding creates an interesting alternative to soldering or gluing on small parts and micro-components. Eliminating the need for welding additives makes for ideal electrical and thermal conductive properties on the seam when joining two different materials. The electron beam method also provides an efficient way of arranging surfaces to specification using surface hardening, remelting and microstructuring processes.