Applications and market segments for ultra-high brightness direct diode lasers

摘要

Over the last 15 years, lasers have increasingly penetrated the market of industrial manufacturing. Laser macro material processing — ranging from flat-sheet and tube cutting to scanner and seam welding of metals — has become an indispensible part of the production in major industries like automotive, aerospace, or general packaging. Freeform-shapes, lightweight structures and other complex geometries are now economically produced with laser additive manufacturing or laser 3D structuring.