VOL 30 I NO. 5
SEPTEMBER\
OCTOBER 2015
WWW.INDUSTRIAL-LASERS.COM
DABbling
A blog by DAVID A. BELFORTE
David shares his insights and opinions on current
activities affecting industrial laser materials processing.
Features
application report 10
Cutting textiles accurately
with lasers
CO2 laser system enables non-contact,
large-format cutting THORSTEN BRANDT
application report 12
Disk laser applications abound
Technology proving to have no output power
limit DAVID HAVRILLA and TRACEY RYBA
technology report 17
Hybrids accelerate adoption of
laser additive manufacturing
System provides subtractive and additive
techniques KEN VARTANIAN
technology report 21
Pulsed nanosecond fiber
lasers can weld, too!
Laser has uses in several material
processing tasks JACK GABZDYL and
DANIEL CAPOSTAGNO
application report 26
High-power diode lasers
in metal processing
Larger spot size bridges gaps in
brazing and welding JÖRG NEUKUM
application report 29
Advanced circuit packaging
with excimer lasers
Laser ablation delivers higher
throughput and better yields
RALPH DELMDAHL and MATTHEW GINGERELLA
technology report 32
Overcoming focal shift in
high-power laser welding
Laser focusing optics stabilize welding
performance STAN REAM
Flag and banner
maker Fahnen-Gärtner
GmbH has added laser
cutting technology
to its capabilities. P. 10
Departments
4 Update
Laser process enables refitting of
glued saw blades with minimal stress
Mapal relies on additive
manufacturing to produce insert drills
35 Calendar
35 Ad Index
36 My View
It’s all in the timing
