Laser user with 1um high power lasers that like to weld in different welding processes like heat conduction welding and deep penetration welding require a reduced beam quality compared to laser cutting. At this point just defocusing is not enough to change the process. For an acceptable result the end user has to change the fiber optic cable. The laser beam in principle promises to be a process flexible tool and this is the way laser systems are designed. The Dual Core Delivery Fiber has been developed to overcome this limit while using 1µm high power lasers.
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2011
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