Electric drives continue to grow in importance for future mobility. In recent years, hairpin
winding has become established for stator production. For connecting rectangular hairpin …

In an industrial joining process, exemplified by deep penetration laser beam welding,
ensuring a high quality of welds requires a great effort. The quality cannot be fully …

The geometry of the cutting front and the cutting kerf was measured with an online high-
speed x-ray diagnostic system. X-ray videos from fusion cutting of 10 mm thick stainless …

The transition from stable laser cutting conditions to an incomplete cut, which is generally
referred to as loss of cut, limits the maximum feed rate of laser beam cutting. In order to …

Laser beam welding offers high productivity and relatively low heat input and is one key
enabler for efficient manufacturing of sandwich constructions. However, the process is …

Ensuring high-quality control in laser additive manufacturing and laser welding relies on the
implementation of reliable and cost-effective real-time observation techniques. Real-time …

Optimizing laser processes is historically challenging, requiring extensive and costly
experimentation. To solve this issue, we apply Bayesian optimization for process parameter …

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The advent of undercuts and humping limits the applicable speed of deep-penetration laser
welding. Recent findings additionally show that a significant change of the keyhole's shape …

An in-process analysis of the piercing process at the beginning of a laser cut using high-
speed X-ray imaging is presented for the first time. Sheets of stainless steel with thicknesses …