Polymer-metal hybrid structures have excellent comprehensive properties and have been
widely used in aerospace, automotive industry, biomedicine, and other fields. There exists a …

Laser transmission welding (LTW) is nowadays a well-received polymer joining process.
New applications are emerging more and more due to the unique advantages of LTW over …

Laser technology often offers solutions where existing technologies have struggled or
require improvements. Over the last two decades, laser transmission welding (LTW) has …

This paper offers an overview on the laser welding techniques for thermoplastic materials.
The emphases are on four major aspects of the laser welding of plastics:(a) the laser …

Abstract NiCrBSi/50 wt.% WC composite coatings were produced on carbon steel via laser
cladding (LC) and laser induction hybrid cladding (LIHC). The microstructure and phase …

In the present work, a study is made to investigate the effects of process parameters, namely,
laser power, welding speed, size of the laser beam and clamp pressure, on the lap-shear …

In order to optimize the process of tungsten carbide (WC)-reinforced Co50 cermet composite
coating by laser cladding, Co-based coatings with 40 wt% WC were deposited on the …

Laser transmission welding (LTW) offers superior weld quality and mechanical performance
over conventional polymer welding processes. The ever-increasing applications in a wide …

The present work establishes a correlation between the laser transmission welding
parameters and output variables though a nonlinear model, developed by applying artificial …

In order to investigate the microstructure characteristics and properties of Ni-based WC
composite coatings containing a relatively large amount of WC particles by laser induction …