Laser Welding Aluminium

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Amazing robots weld an Audi vehicle body with laser technology.

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15 Responses to “Laser Welding Aluminium”

goonads982:

January 2, 2009 at 10:04 am

Oh and that body is not aluminium. the only audis with the alloy space frame technology are the a2, a8 and the new TT. this is an audi a4 wich only has an alloy bonnet and front gaurds. the alloy cars are not laser welded they use a special type ove rivit to hold it all together plus a few tig welds.
Seamart07:

January 4, 2009 at 1:56 pm

Way more heat input
goonads982:

January 7, 2009 at 2:37 pm

I Work on audi/vw cars all day long and I can tell ya that it is laser welding. you get much more weld contact with this method giving you a more rigid chassis.
DeleteTheWeak:

January 10, 2009 at 3:05 pm

I guess you are minimizing the ammount of heat applied to the HAZ with a lazer thus reducing any plate defect. I’m guessing this is CMT?
HemiHotRod:

January 10, 2009 at 10:33 pm

Sorry but it IS resistance welding. The rollers are the conductors. It works on the same principle as spot welding, except you have a continuous joint instead of just spots.
narner:

January 10, 2009 at 10:45 pm

why would the manufacture spend the money on a lazer welder when a lazer guided mig would be more economical?
daggermind:

January 12, 2009 at 8:42 pm

That is laser welding, u can see the light and the rollers to press the metal together. It cannot be anything else. And the process is with low noise and smoke. It is infact LASERED.
HemiHotRod:

January 15, 2009 at 1:19 am

This is laser guided welding, not laser welding.
The welding is actualy resistance welding with the lasers being used as proximity guides.
Prw07731:

January 17, 2009 at 11:12 am

And the robot welder doesn’t get yelled at by the boss…but I’d like to see the robot weld on an anodized aluminum radar arch on a boat…will never happen.
argus91:

January 17, 2009 at 8:43 pm

Never tired, never sick, never shake or forget something, zero error, the welding joint is always the same, like duplicate, perfect job! One more generation and there will be almost no more welder in a workshop.
argus91:

January 19, 2009 at 8:21 pm

Never tired, never sick, never shake or forget something, zero error, the welding joint is always the same, duplicate, perfect job. One more generation and it will be almost no more human welders in the workshop.
marek0086:

January 21, 2009 at 5:05 am

ye thats right. This guys a dickhead
SamRhesus:

January 24, 2009 at 4:40 pm

Looks like a mig to mee. I would agree that the laser is meerly guiding.
mrkiky:

January 25, 2009 at 6:36 am

Is that the actual laser doing the welding? Cause it kinda gave me the impression that the laser is low powered and is only used to guide the robot arm….
AmericanFabricator:

January 26, 2009 at 3:03 am

This will put this old man on welfare soon enough!

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