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Welding

Laser Welding: The ‘Beautiful’ Plastics Assembly Technology

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by Priyank Kishor, global product manager for non-ultrasonics, assembly technologies at Emerson There has always been a romance with the aesthetic of manufactured products, of items that are thoughtfully designed, beautifully assembled, and elegant in their function and operation. Experienced consumers with an eye for such beauty might point to a piece of ceramics, an … [Read more...] about Laser Welding: The ‘Beautiful’ Plastics Assembly Technology

Improving Plastic Welding: Learn to Think Like Molten Plastic

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by Tom Kirkland, owner, tributek.us Plastics welding has come a long way since people were doing hot plate welding on an electric griddle they bought “down at the Sears and Roebuck.” Equipment has improved while materials have changed and become both more consistent and sometimes more challenging to weld. Primary processes have become more consistent. Most of all, … [Read more...] about Improving Plastic Welding: Learn to Think Like Molten Plastic

2µm Lasers: Revolutionizing Welding of Clear Plastics

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by Josh Brown, global sales manager-laser plastic welding, Dukane Until recently, laser plastic welding had a serious disadvantage: the inability to bond clear parts. While laser plastic welding has been aggressively adopted in a wide range of commercial applications for decades, adoption of this technology is driven by the obvious benefits over other joining methods like … [Read more...] about 2µm Lasers: Revolutionizing Welding of Clear Plastics

Methods of Polymer Weld Quality Evaluation

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Evaluation of the quality of polymer welds is essential to the development and production maintenance of a welding process. However, it can be challenging to select an evaluation method due to the wide variety of options. A comparison of some popular weld quality evaluation methods is discussed in this article, as well as the preparation procedures for each and what can be … [Read more...] about Methods of Polymer Weld Quality Evaluation

Correlating Ultrasonic Weld Quality with Melt Layer Thickness

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by Alex Savitski, Ph.D.; Leo Klinstein, Kenneth Holt, Hardik Pathak, David Cermak Dukane IAS, LLC Ultrasonic welding of thermoplastics is widely used by many industries to fuse together two parts in a short time without introducing additional consumables such as fasteners, adhesives or solvents. The process is fast, economical and easily automated, and it is commonly … [Read more...] about Correlating Ultrasonic Weld Quality with Melt Layer Thickness

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