Laserschweißen im Schiffbau.

Laser processing has been proved to be the more favourable alternative from the technological and economic point of view for a lot of industrial applications. The state of technology development shows that laser welding is even promising for shipbuilding industry. Increase of productivity, new constructions and improvement of the working conditions at the shipyard can be expected by the introduction of laser technology. Based on the state of the art, the necessary development steps for the utilization of laser technology for shipbuilding are shown.