Handbook of Laser Welding Technologies (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857092642 ISBN 13: 9780857092649

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Laser welding is a rapidly developing and versatile technology which has found increasing applications in industry and manufacturing. It allows the precision welding of small and hard-to-reach areas, and is particularly suitable for operation under computer or robotic control. The Handbook of laser welding technologies reviews the latest developments in the field and how they can be used across a variety of applications.

Part one provides an introduction to the fundamentals of laser welding before moving on to explore developments in established technologies including CO2 laser welding, disk laser welding and laser micro welding technology. Part two highlights laser welding technologies for various materials including aluminium and titanium alloys, plastics and glass. Part three focuses on developments in emerging laser welding technologies with chapters on the applications of robotics in laser welding and developments in the modelling and simulation of laser and hybrid laser welding. Finally, part four explores the applications of laser welding in the automotive, railway and shipbuilding industries.

The Handbook of laser welding technologies is a technical resource for researchers and engineers using laser welding technologies, professionals requiring an understanding of laser welding techniques and academics interested in the field.

• Provides an introduction to the fundamentals of laser welding including characteristics, welding defects and evolution of laser welding
• Discusses developments in a number of techniques including disk, conduction and laser micro welding
• Focusses on technologies for particular materials such as light metal alloys, plastics and glass

About this title

About the Author:

Seiji Katayama is a Professor at the Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, Japan.

Review:

"This volume provides an introduction to the basic principles of laser welding, examines the evolution and development of new and emerging technologies and explores the possible industrial applications... This volume is an important technical resource for engineers, researchers and engineers. It is an authoritative source of information on the most recent and up to date exists in the current literature, in an area so rapid and constant evolution of technologies such as laser."--WeldingLibrary.com, January 2014

About this edition

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0857092642
• ISBN 13: 9780857092649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 654
• Editor: Katayama S