Figure 1. Various test samples that have been laser welded in an applications lab (a) and a low-density polyethylene fluid container welded with a diode laser system (b). Direct welding of plastics is ...

Replacing flashlamp-pumped systems with high-power diodes will both save energy and provide better welds in solar thermal collectors used to heat water. A new laser welding process under development ...

Groomed for industrial applications such as plastic welding and soldering that require bright power in a small, rugged package, the Pearl fiber-coupled diode laser series with nXLT single emitter ...

SAXONBURG, Pa., June 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in photonics, today announces the launch of the COMPACT EVOLUTION AC, a next-generation compact, ...

Leister Technologies LLC of Schaumburg, Ill., will demonstrate a recently introduced micromask process for diode laser welding of plastics at the Medical Design & Manufacturing West show Feb. 5-7 in ...

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 ...

A German project has revealed 400W infra-red laser diode bars for welding metals. “About 10 years ago, the best laser bars achieved a power of 200W with an efficiency of about 63%,” according to Osram ...

Laser vendor Coherent is set to showcase an industrial pump diode delivering a record-breaking output power of 65 W at next week’s LASER World of Photonics event in Munich. The large US company, ...

GOLETA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc. (KSLD), a world leader in commercialization of laser light sources, is introducing its new high power 5 watt blue laser diode products for ...

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in high-power semiconductor lasers, today announced the introduction of its next-generation pump laser diodes that ...