Erlangen, Germany, August 2006 – The hybrid welding technology is presently being developed by LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, Plastics Welding Division and is meanwhile patent pending. It is an approach to provide cost-effective and tool-independent laser welding systems that are able to compensate for the geometrical deviations that large, three-dimensional joining partners are afflicted with. The technology employs a combination of laser light with the infrared radiation emitted by conventional halogen heating lamps. This concept of a dual irradiance has already proven to increase both, processing speed and fault-tolerance.
 
Main advantages of hybrid laser welding compared to conventional laser welding are the possibility of reducing the laser power, a higher welding speed, higher strength of seam, bigger process window, less stress crack, and better gap bridging. Therefore target applications of the hybrid welding technology are not only structural automotive parts, e.g. head and rear lamps and plastic engine parts, but also consumer products and medical applications.

The Plastics Welding Division of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG (www.laserquipment.com) has already sold a couple of hybrid welding systems in Asia and has established several partnerships to distributors.

LPKF Laser & Electronic’s Plastic Welding Division is focused on development, production and distribution of systems for the laser plastics welding. The process development in their own Application Center complements this offer, and the possibility of prototyping for small batch production. LPKF’s laser welding division works with many industries such as medical, consumer electronics, and automotive. The division was founded 2000 in Erlangen is a certified with DIN EN ISO 9001:2000.

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