Lightweight design is becoming more and more important in the automotive industry, particularly since the CO2 emission of new cars has to be reduced to 95 g/km by 2020. Besides using new manufacturing methods and employing high-strength steels and non-ferrous metals (Al, Mg) to enable lightweight construction, plastics and fiber reinforced plastics (e.g. CFRP or GFRP) currently gain relevance. Furthermore, different materials are combined into single components to exploit the full potential of weight reductions. Hybrid metal/plastic constructions are used to combine high stiffness and strength of metals with the high design flexibility and low weight of thermoplastics. The paper at hand demonstrates a laser approach to joining such dissimilar materials in industrial applications.
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International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics
October 14–18, 2018
Orlando, FL, USA
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978-1-940168-02-9
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Laser based metal and plastics joining for lightweight design
Ulf Quentin;
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TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
, Johann-Maus-Strasse 2, 71254 Ditzingen, Germany
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Marc Kirchhoff;
Marc Kirchhoff
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TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
, Johann-Maus-Strasse 2, 71254 Ditzingen, Germany
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Rüdiger Brockmann;
Rüdiger Brockmann
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TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
, Johann-Maus-Strasse 2, 71254 Ditzingen, Germany
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Klaus Löffler
Klaus Löffler
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TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
, Johann-Maus-Strasse 2, 71254 Ditzingen, Germany
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Published Online:
October 01 2014
Citation
Ulf Quentin, Marc Kirchhoff, Rüdiger Brockmann, Klaus Löffler; October 14–18, 2018. "Laser based metal and plastics joining for lightweight design." Proceedings of the International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics. ICALEO® 2014: 33rd International Congress on Laser Materials Processing, Laser Microprocessing and Nanomanufacturing. Orlando, FL, USA. (pp. pp. 446-448). ASME. https://doi.org/10.2351/1.5063094
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