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Precision,

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In laser beam remote welding of aluminum with A significant advantage of this technology is the
small field scanners, the spot size is reduced improvement of the energy and CO2 balance:
and the working height is increased. For this, The increased feed speed leads to an optimized
the beam quality must be clearly higher than weld seam shape with reduced laser power
that in conventional tactile processes. and thus reduces the energy input by almost “After intensive
Laserline´s diode lasers with beam converter 50 percent. Laserline converter lasers reduce development, Audi has
pioneered laser beam
master this task with high brilliance and CO2 emissions by around a quarter. In addition, remote welding of aluminum
confidence. the novel process saves 95 percent of the running since 2014 with Laserline
costs in series production since additional wire LDF 4000-6 lasers. The pilot
and protective gas are eliminated compared project was the Audi A8
from Neckarsulm.“
with tactile laser welding.
Dr.-Ing. Jan-Philipp Weberpals,
Department of technology
Development Laser Beam
Welding Process
Neckarsulm AUDI AG, Germany