Laser welding of metals and plastics: how to achieve maximum efficiency?
Nowadays, in more and more industrial applications, lasers have been seen as an alternative solution for welding plastics/composites directly to metals. This non-contact processing method provides the highest process flexibility. At present, one of the driving factors in the automotive industry is how to make lighter cars without increasing costs or causing damage or impact on performance, quality and safety. For seat structures, this mainly includes the use of thin, higher strength steel. In recent years, mixed material structures have also been widely studied. This also applies to metal only hybrid structures and component structures made of metal/plastic composites. The…










