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Creating Bonds with Lasers

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MUNICH, Germany, April 5, 2010 – In what was once considered a complicated and cost-intensive process, fiber-reinforced composites are now being crafted and bonded with lasers, eliminating the need for matting and resins. Fiber-reinforced thermosplastics, for example, are ideal because they are fifty to seventy percent lighter than steel, fifteen to twenty percent lighter than aluminum and still maintain impressive strength and durability. Components made of fiber-reinforced straps are bonded with a laser. (Image: Fraunhofer IPT) Until now, manufacturers had to work with expensive forming tools that were lined...Read full article

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    Published: April 2010
    carbon fibersEuropefiber opticsfiber-reinforced compositesforming toolsFraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILTGermanyindustrialinfrared laserJEC Composites Showlaminate layerslaser-joining processmattingResearch & Technologyresinsthermoplastic resinLasers

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