Laserline GmbH, Germany, presented “Heat Treating with Diode Lasers” at Heat Treat 2013. Diode lasers provide benefits such as lighter and stiffer constructions, reduced process steps, and high reproducibility. The simple and robust direct diode laser technology competes with the diode-pumped solid-state lasers, disk, and fiber lasers. Diode laser technology has been used in applications such as hardening and repair welding for tools and dies in the automotive and oil and gas industries.
Aesthetic demands and new design flexibilities brought forward laser technology in the past. Recently, more benefits such as lighter and stiffer constructions, reduced process steps, and high reproducibility have established the laser process even more.
Heavily pushed by the automotive and the oil and gas industry, the diode laser technology has been used in applications such as hardening and repair welding for tools and dies in the automotive as well as in the oil and gas industry. The simple and robust direct diode laser technology fully matches the requirements for these applications, competing with the diode pumped solid-state lasers, disk and fiber lasers.
More industry branches followed and the diode laser became a versatile tool for a huge variety of different applications. Parallel to the basic process requirements, the customers are keen to get the most out of their investment and to keep the availability on the highest level. On the one hand the reduction of investment costs is important, on the other hand reliability and redundancy concepts are the main topics that are discussed with the customer these days.
Laserline meets these demands for instance with a unique five-year warranty on the core elements of its diode lasers and by offering customized service concepts. This brings the highly sophisticated diode laser technology down to the simple usage as for any conventional welding tool.
Authors: Mark Daichendt, Laserline GmbH; Wolfgang Todt, Laserline Inc.
