Chapter 26: Laser Beam Micro-joining

This chapter describes two kinds of popularly used laser micro-joining techniques-laser beam soldering and laser beam welding. For the first, laser melting techniques, process parameters, quality control, and case studies are presented. For the latter, various joining techniques are introduced, such as spot welding, continuous welding, particularly with a technique called (Stepless High Speed Accurate and Discrete One Pulse Welding) SHADOW®. The beam delivery, preconditions, limits of the process, etc., are also addressed.